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A POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
Tang Dynasty
The plump figure standing with her head turned slightly to the side, the
hands positioned within her long sleeves as if to hold an offering, clad
in voluminous high-waisted robes defined by a long pleated skirt falling
above the upturned slippers, the well-rounded face defined by delicate
features beneath a shield-shaped coif surmounted by a crescent chignon,
with traces of coloured pigments remaining.
33cm (13in) high.
£4,000 - 7,000
CNY36,000 - 63,000

唐 陶胎彩繪仕女俑
Provenance:
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London
Carter Fine Art Ltd., London, 1996
Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection

來源：
倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons Ltd.
倫敦古董商Carters Fine Art Ltd.，1996年
歐宗易先生珍藏

This somewhat portly female figure represents the ideal of beauty
during the Tang dynasty, which was often associated with Yang
Guifei, one of China’s great beauties and the influential concubine
of the Tang emperor Xuangzong (r. 712–756). At this time, the ideal
of voluptuousness was considered beautiful and greatly influenced
the fashion for the plumper lady. A related pottery figure of a court
lady, Tang dynasty, from the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in
Diao Shi Ru Sheng: Gugong Cang Sui Tang Taoyong, Beijing, 2006,
no.41, p.95. Another pottery figure, Tang dynasty, displaying a similar
hair style as the present lot, is illustrated in the Museum of Oriental
Ceramics, Exhibition of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1982, p.21, no.4.

A related but larger figure of a pottery lady displaying a similar hair style
to the current example, was sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March
2002, lot 100.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test
no.C118j29, dated 1 August 2018, is consistent with the dating of
this lot.
俑陶製加彩，侍女髮髻高聳垂於兩頰，鳳眼櫻唇，細鼻豐面，面敷桃
紅彩，身披赭色衫及翠色巾，作合手側身貌。

北京故宮博物院藏有一件相關的加彩陶侍女俑可作比較，見《雕飾如
生─故宮藏隋唐陶俑》，北京，2006年，編號41，頁95；另可參考
一件帶類似髮型的侍女俑，見大阪市立東洋陶瓷美術館，《東洋陶瓷
展》，大阪，1982年，編號4，頁21；還可參考一件佳士得紐約2002
年3月21日售出的侍女俑，帶相似髮飾，拍品100號。
Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2018年8月1日，編
號C118j29）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。

Image after Bluett & Sons Ltd. brochure

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