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TANG Dynasty MUSICIAN TOMB TILE

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
TANG Dynasty MUSICIAN TOMB TILE
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
9-5/8" tall by 6-1/2" wide, it is hard white pottery covered with a Charcoal paint and having red cinnabar traces under the original dirt of the collapsed tomb. Musicians (this: a lady playing a small harp-like instrument at her shoulder) were important tomb companions to the Tang elite, as their spirits were believed to comfort and entertain the deceased forever in the afterlife. 8th-early 9th C. AD and without any mentionable faults or restoration.