TWO STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FEMALE MUSICIANS, both kneeling on a square base, playing a mouth organ, wearing high waisted long robes with their hair tied in a top knot (some restoration), early Tang Dynasty
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TWO STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FEMALE MUSICIANS, both kneeling on a square base, playing a mouth organ, wearing high waisted long robes with their hair tied in a top knot (some restoration), early Tang Dynasty
15.5 cm. high
The result of thermoluminescence test, Oxford 566n78, is consistent with the dating of this lot. (2)
Lot Essay
A similar group of musicians are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by Suzanne G. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, 1975. no. 22
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