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A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

The fgure is shown standing with her arms folded beneath the
long shawl that is draped over her shoulders and worn over
her low-bodiced dress with long, red-striped skirt. Her round
face is modeled with a demure expression, and is framed by the
almost geometrical hairline of her tall, crescent-shaped coiffure
(paojiaji). There are traces of orange-red and black pigment.

14√ in. (38 cm.) high

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

Sotheby’s London, 15 June 1982, lot 166.

See the related painted pottery fgure of a female court attendant
of comparable large size (36.7 cm.) from the collection of Mrs. M. A.
Low Beer illustrated by B. Till and P. Swart in Images from the Tomb:
Chinese Burial Figurines, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1988, p. 175,
pl. 65b.
唐 彩繪陶女俑

(detail)

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