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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A Provenance:
COURT LADY Bluett & Sons Ltd., London
Tang Dynasty Carters Fine Art Ltd., London, 1996
The elegant figure well modelled, standing in Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection
a swaying pose with hands clasped within the
full sleeves of the loose robes falling in deep 來源：
folds over the upturned slippers, a shawl falling 倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons Ltd.
gently over the shoulder and long robe cut 倫敦古董商Carters Fine Art Ltd.，1996年
square above the chest, the round face framed 歐宗易先生珍藏
by the long hair drawn into an elaborate coiffure
drawn up into a large overhanging chignon, The elegant modelling of the present figure,
with traces of coloured pigments. characterised by a full body and thin garments
33.5cm (12in) high. falling gracefully to her feet, reflects the
changes in the ideal of feminine beauty taking
£7,000 - 10,000 place during the middle of the 8th century. At
CNY63,000 - 89,000 this time, the highest-ranking classes of the
Tang dynasty had become more sedentary
唐 陶胎彩繪仕女俑 and interested in interior pursuits. Tang poets
spoke passionately about these new canons
of beauty. Xu Feng in his ‘Palace Poem’ wrote
that ‘Court ladies in their quarters adorning
their faces at dawn, peering out to search for
their men who are now late, whiling away the
monotonous time listening to the dripping
of the water-clock, wearing silk gowns and
refreshing their perfume’, see W.Bynner
(trans.), Tang Shi San Bai Shou, New York,
1920, vol.1, n.221.

Compare with a similar painted pottery figure
of a lady, Tang dynasty, from the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by
S.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese
Ceramics, New York, 1975, p.67.

A related pottery figure of a court lady was
sold at Christie’s New York, 24 March 2011,
lot 1278.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd.
thermoluminescence test no.C118j30,
dated 1 August 2018, is consistent with
the dating of this lot.
粉面，細眉，鳳眼，櫻唇，髮髻高聳前傾，
垂於雙頰，身著白裙，外罩翠色披肩，雙手
垂立，體態豐盈，身微側傾。

紐約大都會博物館藏一件類似唐代彩繪
侍女俑可資參考，見S.Valenstein著，《A
Handbook of Chinese Ceramics（中國陶瓷手
冊）》，紐約，1975年，頁67。另可參見佳
士得紐約2011年3月24日售出一件彩繪侍女
俑，拍品1278號。
Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結
果（2018年8月1日，編號C118j30）顯示年
代與本拍品年代一致。

Image after Bluett & Sons Ltd. brochure

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