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from Persia, started to be grown in Southeast
China by the 9th century. High-quality pine seed
and ginseng roots originating from Korea were
also available and mangoes were imported from
Southeast Asia. The emperors hosted great feasts
for the members of their household, which required
several meal supervisors and cooks to manage the
delicacies that were sent as tributes to the Court.
According to surviving literary records, in 644, 768
and 826 the Court served thousands of officers as
well as numerous court ladies and members of the
imperial family.

The size, facial features, treatment of the robes,
and the hairstyle of the present figures are similar to
those displayed on a pottery figure, Tang dynasty,
illustrated in the Los Angeles County Museum
Exhibition, The Quest for Eternity. Chinese Ceramic
Sculptures from the People’s Republic of China, Los
Angeles County Museum, 1987, no.83, p.139.

A similar pottery figure of a lady, Tang dynasty,
was sold at Christie’s New York, 19-20 September
2013, lot 1255. Another similar example was sold at
Sotheby’s London, 9 June 2004, lot 77.

The results of Oxford Authentication Ltd.
thermoluminescence test no.C106k1 and
C106k2, dated 28 April 2006, is consistent with
the dating of this lot

兩件侍女俑形態裝飾頗似，髮髻高結而前傾，梳攏
如蓋，面型飽滿，敷桃紅粉，描彎鉤眉，鳳眼，櫻
唇，神色安然，較高者身著翠色圓領袍，上點紅
花，一手探前，一手拂袖，腰繫黑帶，腳蹬線鞋；
略矮者內著交領白袍，外繫高胸月白色袍，上點紅
花，腳著翹頭履。

此二侍女所著服履皆為唐代流行式樣，其豐盈體態
之美，亦為玄宗以來之風尚。洛杉磯縣立博物館曾
展出一件唐代侍女俑，無論尺寸、面部、服飾，還
是髮型皆和本拍品類似，見《The Quest for Eternity.
Chinese Ceramic Sculptures from the People’s
Republic of China（尋求永恆·中華人民共和國之
陶瓷塑像）》，洛杉磯，1987年，編號83，頁139
。佳士得紐約2013年19日-20日售出一件相似的唐
代彩繪侍女俑可資參考，拍品1255號；倫敦蘇富比
2004年6月9日售出一件類似侍女俑亦可比較，拍
品77號。
Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果
（2006年4月28日，編號C106k1及C106k2）顯示
年代與本拍品年代一致。

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