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A POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
Tang Dynasty
The plump figure standing straight with hands
raised in front of her chest, one hand concealed
by the long robe, the fleshy face detailed with
rosy-pink blush and bright red lipstick, and
almond-shaped eyes, all beneath the hair
dressed in a high double-shaped topknot.
45.5cm (17 4/5in) high.

£15,000 - 25,000
CNY130,000 - 220,000

唐 陶胎彩繪仕女俑

Provenance: C.C.Wang Collection, New York
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 15 November 1999
John J. Studzinski CBE, London

來源：美國紐約，王季遷（1907-2003）舊藏
英國倫敦古董商，Eskenazi Ltd.，1999年11
月15日
大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski
珍藏

The elegant modelling of the present figure,
characterised by a full body and thin garments
falling gracefully to her feet, reflects the
changes in the ideal of feminine beauty taking
place during the middle of the 8th century. At
this time, the highest-ranking classes of the
Tang dynasty had become more sedentary
and interested in interior pursuits. Tang poets
spoke passionately about these new canons
of beauty. Xu Feng in his ‘Palace Poem’ wrote
that ‘Court ladies in their quarters adorning
their faces at dawn, peering out to search for
their men who are now late, whiling away the
monotonous time listening to the dripping
of the water-clock, wearing silk gowns and
refreshing their perfume’;see W.Bynner
(trans.), Tang Shi San Bai Shou, New York,
1920, vol.1, no.221.

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