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Lot Essay
The presence of cobalt-blue glaze on this figure would have made it expensive to produce, and comparable examples are rare. A related example, with amber dress and the hands held under blue sleeves, was sold at Christie's Los Angeles, Treasures of the Tang, 4 December, 1998, lot 7, and subsequently at Christie's New York, 26 March 2003, lot 193.
A well-known figure of this type, also with blue-glazed cloak and tiered ribbon, but with her hand lowered to the waist, is illustrated in several publications, including Seiichi Mizuno, Tousansai (Tang sancai), Japan, 1977, vol. 35, fig. 110; in Masterworks of Eastern Ceramics, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Japan, 1994, Inaugural Exhibition Catalogue, p. 107, no. 20; and by Yuzo Sugimara and W. Watson, Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes and Jades in Japanese Collections, Japan, 1966, no. 40.
See, also, the similar figure of a court lady with similar hair arrangement and hands folded in front and concealed by her sleeves, with blue glaze, illustrated in Kaogu, 1983, No. 5, pl. 8, no. 5 (M6:28), excavated in 1972 in Luoyang, Henan Province.
A well-known figure of this type, also with blue-glazed cloak and tiered ribbon, but with her hand lowered to the waist, is illustrated in several publications, including Seiichi Mizuno, Tousansai (Tang sancai), Japan, 1977, vol. 35, fig. 110; in Masterworks of Eastern Ceramics, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Japan, 1994, Inaugural Exhibition Catalogue, p. 107, no. 20; and by Yuzo Sugimara and W. Watson, Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes and Jades in Japanese Collections, Japan, 1966, no. 40.
See, also, the similar figure of a court lady with similar hair arrangement and hands folded in front and concealed by her sleeves, with blue glaze, illustrated in Kaogu, 1983, No. 5, pl. 8, no. 5 (M6:28), excavated in 1972 in Luoyang, Henan Province.