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A RARE PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The slender figure is shown standing with her left arm by her side
and the other raised to her waist, wearing a long-sleeved jacket
with a deep neckline, and a long skirt painted with a pattern of black
reserved on a pink background. Her head is slightly turned to the left,
with her hair neatly pulled up into a high topknot.
16Ω in. (42 cm.) high, wood stand
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: A Private Collection from
Hawaii; Christie's New York, 20 March 1997, lot 123.
Christie's New York, 16 September 1999, lot 3.
LITERATURE:
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Ancient Chinese Sculptural
Treasures: Carvings in Wood, Kaohsiung, 1998, p.122-123, no. 39.
Wood figures dating to the Tang dynasty are extremely rare. The
few wood figures known dating to the Tang dynasty often appear
to follow painted pottery models, and generally depict court ladies,
such as the present figure. Alongside the present figure, two
painted wood figure of ladies are also published in Ancient Chinese
Sculptural Treasures: Carvings in Wood, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, June
1998, nos. 38 and 40. Other examples include one figure exhibited
by Eskenazi, Ancient Chinese Sculpture from the Alsdorf Collection
and Others, London, 12 June - 6 July 1990, no 6., and two figures
exhibited by J.J. Lally & Co., Arts of Ancient China, New York, 31
May - 23 June 1990, nos. 14 and 16, both now in the collection of
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession numbers
1997.442.7.1 and 1997.442.7.2 respectively.

唐 木雕彩繪侍女俑
來源:
A Private Collection from Hawaii, 紐約佳士得, 1997年3月20日,
拍品123號。
紐約佳士得, 1999年9月16日, 拍品3號。

出版:
高雄市立美術館, 《歷代雕塑珍藏 :木刻造像篇》, 高雄, 1998年,
頁122-123, 39號。