A PAIR OF PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES OF COURT LADIES

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A PAIR OF PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES OF COURT LADIES
EARLY TANG DYNASTY

Each slender figure wearing a short jacket over a long skirt carved with vertical grooves and striped in orange pigment, her left hand drawn across to grasp her right arm encased in the tight, trailing sleeve, the hair painted black and drawn up and forward over the forehead, one with traces of greenish pigment, necks restored--9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm.) high (2)