Lot 152. A sancai-glazed pottery figure of a guardian (lokapala), Tang dynasty (618-907). Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's

the warrior modeled standing commandingly atop a recumbent ox, with one arm raised, the other resting on the hip, wearing elaborate armor over a longer tunic, tied at the waist, the shoulder guards formed as dragonheads, wearing tall boots and greaves, all colorfully applied with cream, green and amber glaze, the unglazed head, with hair swept up in a high topknot, well-modeled bearing a fierce demeanor and showing traces of black and red pigments over white slip. Height 32 1/2  in., 82.5 cm

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 8th May 1981, lot 193.
Solomon & Co., New York.

Exhibition: A Thousand Years of Chinese Tomb Sculpture, Epcot Center, Orlando, 1983, cat. no. 34.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM