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STATUETTE DE DAME DE COUR EN The elegant modelling of the present figure, RARE STATUETTE DE PALEFRENIER EN
TERRE CUITE characterised by a full body and thin garments TERRE CUITE
Dynastie Tang (618-906 ap. J.-C) falling gracefully to her feet, reflects the Fin de la dynastie Tang, datée de l’an 868 ap.
changes in the ideal of feminine beauty taking J.-C. (et de l’époque)
A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT place during the middle of the 8th century. At
LADY this time, the highest-ranking classes of the A RARE DOCUMENTARY POTTERY FIGURE
Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD) Tang dynasty had become more sedentary OF A GROOM
The standing figure well-modelled, dressed and interested in interior pursuits. Tang poets Late Tang Dynasty, dated by inscription to 868
in a long robe falling to the feet in heavy folds spoke passionately about these new canons AD and of the period
and concealing her hands, framed by the soft of beauty. A related pottery figure of a Court The figure modelled standing, dressed in a
coiffure drawn up into a large loop. lady, Tang dynasty, in the Palace Museum, long tunic with the lapel turned back, his right
22.5cm (8 7/8in) high. Beijing, is illustrated in Diao Shi Ru Sheng: arm raised above the left as if to grip the reins
Gugong Cang Sui Tang Taoyong, Beijing, of a beast of burden as he stands on a high
€300 - 500 2006, p.95, no.41; a further related pottery plinth, with a moulded inscription dated to the
figure of a Court lady, Tang dynasty, from seventh day of the eleventh month of the eight
Provenance: the Robert Rousset collection, in the Musée year of the Xiantong reign, corresponding to
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired Guimet, Paris, is illustrated by J-P.Desroches, 868 AD.
prior to 1935 Compagnons d’Eternite’, Paris, 1981, p.235. 37cm (14 1/2in) high.
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
唐 彩繪仕女陶俑 €400 - 600

來源： Provenance:
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏， Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981)
於1935年前入藏 Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
唐晚期 八六八年 馬倌陶俑
來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
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