Page 88 - The art of the Chinese potter By Hobson

PLATE DC

Figure of a lady seated on a drum-shaped stool. She
carries a lotus flower in her right hand and holds up the end
of her scarf with her left ; her right foot rests on the left
knee. Hard white pottery with coloured glazes on the
draperies ; the scarf is brownish yellow, the under robe
white spotted with yellow, and the main robe pale green.

The head is unglazed, but the hair is coloured black.

In the grave equipment female figures are usually repre-
sented standing with folded hands in an attitude of respect.

The seated position of this figure would seem to indicate that

it represents a lady of importance. This supposition is borne
out by the care with which the figure is modelled ; the drapery

in particular has received minute attention. The shape of the

stool with its contracted waist recalls a T'ang pottery vessel
preserved in the Shoso-in at Nara.

T'ang dynasty. H. 1375".
In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.