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THE PROPERTY OF A MIDWEST COLLECTOR
1108
AN UNUSUAL GROUP OF THREE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES These elegant ladies wear the latest fashion of the late Tang dynasty. Their
OF COURT LADIES full-bodied physiques refect the aesthetic of the time, in emulation of
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) Yang Guifei, favorite of the Tang emperor Xuanzong and renowned beauty
of Chinese history. The great 8th-century poet Bai Juyi immortalized her
Each fgure has a full face modeled with delicate features below an elaborate ultimately tragic love story in his poem ‘Song of Everlasting Sorrow’.
coifure, and wears long, heavy full-sleeved robes that fall in deep folds to
the delicate shoes. All stand with body swayed to the side, two with the head The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence tests no.s
slightly turned, and one holding a covered box. The third stands in a dramatic C97c44, C97c41, and C97c43 are consistent with the dating of this lot.
pose with one arm held across her body and head tilted upwards, and her
robes are belted at the waist and below the hips. Each has traces of orangy-red 唐 彩繪陶仕女俑三件
and black pigments, and one has traces of light green pigment.
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high, the tallest (3)
$40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 29 October 1997.
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