Central Asian wine peddler

A logical step from the pre-Tang type of foreigner models was to decorate them with polychrome pigments and glaze, and to depict them in variety of poses and sizes. This seated figure holds a trumpet-shaped jar. The non-Chinese costume consists of a melon-shaped cap and sleeveless vest over a tight-sleeved garment and boots. An analogous three-color glazed figure amid six cups on a tray found in a High Tang tomb in Henan confirm this figure's position as a wine servant (Luoyang Mus. 1980: fig. 96). The exotic appearance, from the facial organs to the leatherlike wine container, attest to the potter's artistic ability.