He is standing in a belted coat, a bag hanging over his back, with stumpy legs, his head with well-defined features showing that he is probably not of Han Chinese origin. He is wearing a close-fitting hat of Phrygian type. He would have had colouring added to his unglazed body but this has apparently worn off.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 4

Exhibited: Oriental Ceramic Society, London: Arts of the Tang Dynasty, 1955, no. 19

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from Sotheby’s, London, 3 December 1963, lot 58 (£115); formerly in the Collection of Mr and Mrs Edward Toeg

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2