A Rare Painted Grey Pottery Figure of a Seated Woman

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY

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A Rare Painted Grey Pottery Figure of a Seated Woman
Western Han Dynasty
Modeled in a graceful kneeling position with her hands clasped atop her lap within the long sleeves of her layered, tight-fitting robes, the face softly modeled with delicate features and the hair pulled back at the nape of her neck in a bun tied with a ribbon, traces of white slip and black pigment
14¼in. (36.2cm.) high

拍品專文

Compare two similar figures unearthed in 1966 from a tomb at Renjiapo, Xi'an City, and now in the Shaanxi Historical Museum, included in the exhibition, Treasure of Chang'an, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 15 October 1993 - 2 January 1994, no. 3. See, also, another similar figure, also unearthed at Renjiapo, included in the exhibition, The Quest for Eternity, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 15 October 1987 - 3 January 1988, fig. 16, p. 107, where it is noted that the figure wears three layers of robes, the two inner robes with a high, thick rolled edge.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C299g86 is consistent with the dating of this lot.