Three-color warrior figurines

[Three color warrior figurines]

Three color warrior figurines, Southern Song Dynasty, 47 cm high and 13 cm wide
The red pottery body of the pottery figurines is painted with green and sauce yellow glaze. The body and glaze combination is loose, and the glaze is often peeled. He wears a helmet, has a brown face, hangs from the outer corners of his eyes, and hooks his nose. He looks terrible. Wearing green robes, scales and armor and leg guards. The two hands hold each other in a hollow space. Something should have been inserted, but it has been lost. Split your legs and hollow out the middle. Stand on the barrel seat with brown boots. This pottery figurine was unearthed in the tombs of Sichuan in the Southern Song Dynasty
During the Song Dynasty, the trend of making pottery figurines in the Central Plains was declining, while a large number of pottery figurines were unearthed in the tombs of the Southern Song Dynasty in Sichuan. These terracotta figures are generally more than ten centimeters high, and some of their themes are related to the ascent of immortals and exorcism, which may be related to the local Taoism activities. This three-color warrior figurine is much higher than the ordinary pottery figurine, and may be used for the tomb