Chinese Tang Dynasty Pottery Earth Spirit

China, Tang Dynasty, 618-907 CE. Earth Spirit figures or zhenmushou (grave-quelling beasts) are tomb figures created to represent fantastical animal guardians for the elite deceased. This tradition be

Far East, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A magnificent guardian figure called a zhenmushou (grave-quelling beast) or earth spirit presenting a characteristic fantastical hybrid, creature-like

Two Tang Potteries: Earth Spirit & WarriorTwo Chinese early Tang Dynasty painted pottery items: an earth spirit sitting up on its haunches with a moulded beast-like face; together with standing warrio

possibly Tang dynasty, molded pottery [zhenmushou] earth spirit figure, painted in orange, white, and black pigment, 24 x 10-5/8 in. [Asian Ceramics] Note: With Thermoluminescence Dating Report f

Lot 160 Chinese Sancai Glazed Pottery Earth Spirit (Tang Dynasty) the head and body covered in green, amber and straw patterned glaze height: 24 3/4 inches width: 7 1/2 inches Additional Information

Lot 161 Chinese Sancai and Painted Pottery Earth Spirit (Tang Dynasty) the face with painted details and the body with amber, green and straw glazed sancai palette height: 27 inches width: 8 inches

A CHINESE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EARTH SPIRIT, ZHENMUSHOU, TANG DYNASTY (618-907). The horned animal form figure seated facing forwards with flames issuing from the shoulders, with traces of red

THREE CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS. To include a figure of an Earth Spirit tomb guardian, probably Tang dynasty, with '1949-190-59' to interior of base; A Jizhou pottery vase, probably Song dynasty; Together

**Originally Listed At $5000** East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A magnificent guardian figure called a zhenmushou (grave-quelling beast) or earth spirit of a monumental scale, presen

Chinese, Han Dynasty. A pair of semi-human earth spirits seated on their haunches with cloven hooves planted firmly on the base. Both wearing conical mandarin style hats, their bearded face peering up

DESCRIPTION: Tang dynasty polychrome ceramic sculpture depicting a zhenmushou (tomb guardian beast or "earth spirit") fashioned as a fierce qilin featuring winged shoulders and forelegs, a flaming cre

(2) Tang Era sancai-glazed pottery earth spirits, Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD),including a figure with feline body in cream, ochre and green glazes, with unglazed head, horn and ears, mark to underside,1

Song dynasty or style, molded pottery [zhenmushou] earth spirit figure holding a snake, 24-3/4 x 16 x 4-3/4 in. [Asian Ceramics] Note: Accompanied by thermoluminesce

Two Chinese Tang Sancai Terracotta Earth Spirits - Two Earth Spirit (Zhenmushou) statues, terracotta pottery with Sancai glaze, matte unglazed heads. 15" h. Not a pair but both are representing the sa

China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. This is a complementary quartet of hollow pottery females made to be tomb figures, known as mingqi, or "spirit utensils". Tang dynasty elites had underground to

Tang Dynasty, depicting guardian spirit, 36 cm. tall, sold with certificate of Authenticity of Age signed by expert Mr. Jean Yves Nathan, expert in Chinese Archeology.

A pottery sculpture of a mounted horse. The horse is 19 1/2 inches (49.53 cm) long and 20 1/4 inches (51.44 cm) high. The horse is in perfect condition.

Ca. 618-907 AD. An elegant pair of terracotta statues, each depicting an oxen lying down, with its tail flicked over its haunches and one foreleg extended as though about to rise. The animals are care

Far East, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A stunning terracotta mold-made horse, TL tested dating it to the Tang Dynasty, boasting an idyllic form, standing squarely on all fours with his head

Pair of Chinese Tang dynasty pottery racing horses, with man bowed, 12" h x 14" w, 15" h x 17" w (with stand). Provenance: From an important Massachusetts private collection.

Far East, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A fine terracotta mold-made horse covered in original white slip from the Tang Dynasty, most likely a funerary object of strong symbolic import, as th

Chinese Tang Dynasty Pottery Saddled Horse. The horse standing, with its right front leg leading, the head turned to the left with the mouth agape; with well-proportioned body and bent tail. With meta

A VERY RARE CHINESE TANG DYNASTY POTTERY FIGURE OF A 'EUROPEAN FEMALE' modelled with hands raised in a bead necklace, standing upon a square form base. 27 cm high.

East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. Large Bactrian camel on integral plinth with distinct twin large humps, long bent neck with mouth open as if braying, back covered with blanket or sa