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TWO UNGLAZED POTTERY MUSICIANS
AND A DANCER
Tang Dynasty
One lady modelled as a dancer standing with
head tilted to one side and looking in the
direction of her raised arm, wearing a long
flowing dress with long sleeves that fall to the
ground, the other two ladies kneeling with
their legs tucked under their dresses, one
playing the xiao, the other a qin. The tallest
26cm (10 1/8in) high (3).
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$13,000 - 17,000
CNY12,000 - 15,000
Provenance
322 Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1998
Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer, Asian
Art, London, 2002
An English private collection

See related figures of dancers and musicians,
Tang Dynasty, excavated in 1972 from
the tomb of Zheng Rentai, Liquan County,
Shaanxi Province, and now in the collection
of the Shaanxi History Museum, illustrated
by C. Michaelson, ‘Gilded Dragons: Buried
Treasures from China’s Golden Ages’,
London, 1999, no.39.
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A GROUP OF THREE POTTERY LADIES
Sui/Tang Dynasty and part later
Comprising: a sancai seated lady holding
a parrot and a fan on her lap, with a later
replacement modelled head; and two glazed
standing ladies, wood stands.
The tallest: 26cm (10 1/2in) high (6).

£800 - 1,200
323 HK$6,800 - 10,000
CNY6,200 - 9,300

Provenance
The seated lady, formerly in the property of
the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Collection of Senator Hugh Scott.

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A POTTERY MODEL OF A HORSE
Tang Dynasty
Modelled four square on a rectangular base,
the maned neck slightly turned to the left,
with bulging eyes and flared nostrils, the
back caparisoned with a cloth-tied saddle,
with traces of white, red and black pigments.
31.5cm (12 3/8in) high

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$8,500 - 13,000
CNY7,700 - 12,000

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