Ming Style, Chinese Pottery Figure of Male Court Attend
December 2013 Auction by Far East Asian Art

This is a Ming style pottery figure of a male court attendant that would have been buried with the deceased to serve him in the afterlife. The attendant stands on an unglazed hexagon base with his right hand clasped to his chest. He wears a tall red hat, and the clothing is painted in red, green and beige glazes. This figure is one of the rare types in which the head is molded and painted separately and is inserted into the body with a long tapered extension into the body of the figure...