TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

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A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The figure is shown standing with her arms folded beneath the long shawl that is draped over her shoulders and worn over her low-bodiced dress with long, red-striped skirt. Her round face is modeled with a demure expression, and is framed by the almost geometrical hairline of her tall, crescent-shaped coiffure (paojiaji). There are traces of orange-red and black pigment.
14 7/8 in. (38 cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 15 June 1982, lot 166.

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Lot Essay

See the related painted pottery figure of a female court attendant of comparable large size (36.7 cm.) from the collection of Mrs. M. A. Low Beer illustrated by B. Till and P. Swart in Images from the Tomb: Chinese Burial Figurines, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1988, p. 175, pl. 65b.

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