Three-color Terracotta Warriors

[Three-color Terracotta King]

Three-color Terracotta King, Tang Dynasty, height 97 cm, width 40 cm
The king of heaven wears a handrail on his head, the ear guard turns up, and there is a bird spreading its wings to fly on the top. The king of heaven has thick eyebrows and big eyes. His eyebrows, eyes and beard are painted with ink. One hand is akimbo, the other hand is clenched and raised. Wearing bright light armour, the head of the dragon is draped, the abdomen is covered with armor, the waist is tied up, the waist is hanging knee skirt, the tail of the tiger, the lower leg is tied, the right leg is upright, the left leg is slightly bent, and steps on the crouching cow, and the crouching cow is a mountain seat. The whole body is mainly green, brown and white, and the glaze color is bright and bright. This figurine is similar to the Tianwang figurine unearthed from the Yuanshi tomb in the third year of Chang’an (703) of the Wuzhou period, and should be a work of this period