A PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY

TANG DYNASTY

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A PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
Tang Dynasty
Well modeled with hands clasped within the full sleeves of her long, heavy robes falling in deep folds to the base, the shawl over her shoulders and the neckline of her lowcut bodice indicated by crisply incised lines, her full face modeled with a small mouth and nose and her hair dressed in stiff wings on either side surmounted by an asymmetrical pouf, with traces of orangey-red, black and white pigment remaining
19in. (50cm.) high

Lot Essay

See footnote to preceding lot.
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 766x8 is consistent with the dating of this lot