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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A
COURT LADY
TANG DYNASTY
the slender, elegant ! gure standing with arms
bent and hands at the waist each holding a small
object, wearing a close-! tting, high-waisted, low-
necked gown with winged projections at each
shoulder and ru" es on the upper arm of the long
sleeves, and # ame-like sashes trailing from either
side of the front apron, with up-turned cloud-toe
shoes projecting beneath the # aring skirt, the
face delicately painted with ! nely drawn details,
the hair upswept and arranged in an elaborate
double-loop, coiled chignon set with a metal # oret
and ornament, the ! gure with traces of red, green
and black pigment
Height 15¼ in., 38.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Sara Wood Armour (1912-2010).

$ 20,000-30,000
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PROPERTY OF A LADY
663
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY
FIGURE OF A CAMEL
TANG DYNASTY
well modeled, standing foursquare atop a
rectangular plinth, the spirited animal with its
neck reared back, the head raised and mouth
agape with teeth bared, the straw-glazed body
liberally splashed with amber, the characteristic
humps enclosed by a brilliant green, amber and
straw-glazed saddle cloth outlined with a crisply
pleated hem picked out in green, the amber glaze
running down the muscular legs
Height 28½ in., 72.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Private European Collection.
Sotheby’s Paris, 12th June 2008, lot 142.

LITERATURE
The Tectus Collection, Chinese Ceramics, Borås,
1991, pl. 16.
$ 15,000-25,000
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