Lot Essay
This figure, with its well-modeled details, raised arms and seated position with one leg drawn up under the knee of the other, is very unusual and there appear to be no comparable examples published
However, for a standing "fat lady" with a similar "side-bun" hairdo and delicately modeled features, excavated from Xi'an, see Zhongguo Gudaishi Cankao Tulu, Sui, Tang Wudai Shiqi (An Illustrated Reference of Ancient Chinese History, The Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties Periods), Shanghai, 1990, p. 225, top left
The more commonly found models of seated court ladies are usually sancai-glazed figures seated on stools or rockwork with a book, mirror, bird or other small object held in the hands, such as the example in the Museum of Far East Antiquities, Stockholm, illustrated by Masahiko Sato in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 11, Tokyo, 1976, no. 61
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C97c88 is consistent with the dating of this lot
However, for a standing "fat lady" with a similar "side-bun" hairdo and delicately modeled features, excavated from Xi'an, see Zhongguo Gudaishi Cankao Tulu, Sui, Tang Wudai Shiqi (An Illustrated Reference of Ancient Chinese History, The Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties Periods), Shanghai, 1990, p. 225, top left
The more commonly found models of seated court ladies are usually sancai-glazed figures seated on stools or rockwork with a book, mirror, bird or other small object held in the hands, such as the example in the Museum of Far East Antiquities, Stockholm, illustrated by Masahiko Sato in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 11, Tokyo, 1976, no. 61
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C97c88 is consistent with the dating of this lot