Collecting Antiques A Tang Dynasty Pottery Bust From a Rural Auction

[@LongTrout]

Great Video. I value you opinion immensely. Thankyou for taking the time to educate the unrefined masses.

[@yourimenken8766]

That’s a stunning piece! Love it

[@lindajolly935]

Thank you Sir! Beautiful!

[@susprime7018]

He looks like he can maintain order, a Tang bouncer. Glad you got the lots and provided them with good homes, "Always Looking," one of my Updike books on art.

[@jeandelbart5227]

Thank you Master for your education and wisdom !!!

[@ellenpeppler2924]

The Art of the Find. Thanx! Peter

[@davidnimmo5115]

I love the different verity of your collection another amazing piece👍

[@lorriedmussett4692]

If I said this before, I'm sorry...I just love how you start these personal videos differently than the Bidamount ones. It speaks to your abilities to keep these separate from the " regular " ones. I hope you keep these as a reoccurring tradition, cuz we all love them.

[@lorriedmussett4692]

What a face !!!! The eyes look like they follow you..... so cool!!

[@MrHughzy101]

I was watching this video and thought "why not look up "carved Chinese" on my regular auction site". Found a supremely rare and incorrectly described Singaporean altar cabinet for auction - turned out the auction was live and this was one lot away. Somehow I registered and got it on the opening bid.... CHEAPLY. This, mind you, comes from years of studying the area. But damn, if it wasn't for this video, I wouldn't have looked in time.

[@AVOCADO.plus.ORANGE.Vintage]

OK, call me jealous! 🎉

[@lulubird2351]

Great vlog Thank you for all that you do

[@charlotteritchie3338]

Peter, this is just wonderful, and for me, one of the best parts, second only to seeing this fascinating Tang bust, was being able to focus on those rabbits in the background…I just love those two💗😁! Thank you for this extra treat this week!

[@peterhope1986]

Great video! Thank you Peter! The Tang bust is very very nice. I absolutely love it! Please let me know one day when you are ready to share it.

[@johnstrange880]

Your right Peter the early bird gets the worm.

[@flipflopski2951]

Thanks Peter... Great advise!... I love that Tang standing female figure at the start of the video. I would have kept that one!

[@mariet4004]

Love these stories!!!

[@himalayanbeads5437]

Baring face…thanks for the film…

[@geoffreymiddeleer2401]

Love these collecting videos and the stories you share. Unfortunately, I started late but I have learned so much from you and am hoping my new found knowledge will result in a find like one of these! Thank you again for making the time to share your knowledge and experience.

[@Dihechuwa]

Thank you!!!

[@SHERMA.]

thank you again peter what a revelation that must of been when he drip fed you the info about how he acquired the entire lot! u dont get finds like that anymore thats for sure

[@JW-vo9fi]

I thought that you would talk about that statue of the Tang lady. What a great condition! It’s extremely rare to see a statue like that with all the pigments remaining almost completely intact! No museum in the world has an example like that in such an incredible condition! Absolutely Unbelievable! I truly hope that you didn’t sell it

[@huzhuiwei]

Wang Jian's tomb in Chengdu, Sichuan, late Tang, has half-length busts of "pall bearers" supporting his sarcophagus, sunk into the floor. They're more realistic than this (carved to look central Asian, not Chinese), but similar sort of thing.

[@AaronGarton666]

Peter, this figure is really unusual. All tomb figures that I have seen have been full length. I suppose that the glaze drip on the front was caused by a highly glazed object where the glaze melted onto the kiln shelf. Could this not be a tomb figure, but an early statue of bodhidharma? Legend has it that this monk's arms and legs fell off due to extreme meditation. Might this explain why the lack of any well formed arms and legs on this piece?

[@andrzejput4817]

👌

[@lorriedmussett4692]

I can listen to you for days!!! My mom now refers to anything green as Caledon when we give out. She's learning a little simply cuz I keep learning and telling her all about you! More, more and more videos is my stance!

[@stevenzhang4444]

Dear Peter, in my opinion, the Bust may be earlier than Tang Dynasty. According to the style of his cap and clothes, he is wearing a typical clothes of North Wei（386-534 AD） of China.

[@giellouws8473]

It could well be Sui dynasty looking at the style. Not sure it was originaly made as a bust, could well be cut from a broken piece.

[@PeterCombs]

Hello Giel, I had thought that was possible until it arrived. There is a small bit of amber glaze near the base that ran under the edge of the bottom, had it been cut the glaze obviously wouldn't be there. The bottom is also slightly irregular from the potting and has no aspects that would indicate it was cut from a larger piece.. Best Peter.

[@bradbailey5807]

I'd buy a temple guardian, but not a tomb guardian. Call me superstitious.

[@TheTerryE]

Why is no one buying Tang or Han anymore? It was all the rage in the 1990s.

[@ConradoMaleta-lu9ln]

sadly, 99% of those items are fakes. value dropped long ago.