A RARE PAIR OF MASSIVE CHINESE SANCAI POTTERY STANDING FIGUR...

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A RARE PAIR OF MASSIVE CHINESE SANCAI POTTERY STANDING FIGURES OF A DIGNITARY
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
holding books and a lady holding a large basin, each on an elaborate lotus flower-head and hexagonal stand, the long elaborate robes predominantly in green glaze, the lotus flowers, the basin and edges of her robes in yellow glaze, all heightened with black and white pigment, their faces extremely well detailed, while he wears an official court hat, she wears a tiara with her hair neatly ted up in trefoil buns. Overall glaze with traces of iridescence.
72cm high.
The result of the Oxford Thermoluminescence Test No 566M12 is consistent with the dating of the figures

Provenance : From an English private collection, Highgate, London.

Purchased from Marchant, 19th March 1991.