A RARE STANDING RED POTTERY LADY

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A RARE STANDING RED POTTERY LADY
TANG DYNASTY

With hands held at her waist, one end of the scarf draped around her shoulders tucked into the band of her flared orange skirt, the other end falling down her back, her hair dressed in two looped topknots, traces of red and green pigment, filled-in crack--13in. (32.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a similar standing lady with finely delineated scarf see Professor Liu Liang-yu, Survey of Chinese Ceramics, (1) (Early Wares: Prehistoric to Tenth Century), 1991, p. 262

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 666k74 is consistent with the dating of this lot