A VERY LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT DIGNITARY modelled standing on a waisted base, wearing long robes with decorated hems hanging over his feet and exposing his foliate upturned shoes, his hands held together across his chest, his finely sculpted head detailed in black pigment with moustache and beard, bushy eyebrows and sideburns, surmounted by an official hat, traces of orange pigment remaining (some restoration), Tang Dynasty