TANG DYNASTY

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A group of five painted grey pottery figures of musicians and two female dancers
Tang dynasty
Five seated musicians similarly dressed in long sleeved tunics decorated with orange flowers, tunics falling in graceful folds around their bodies, seated in a kneeling position and holding an instrument, a lute, a flute, a pair of cymbals, a qin, a panflute, a mouthorgan their hair tied in double knots, traces of white slip, black, red, grey and orange pigment, some restoration; and two female dancers, in elegantly moving position, wearing flowing outer garments, belted at the waist and dramatically flared sleeves, the hair tied in a double knot, traces of white slip, grey, black, red, orange pigment, some restoration
The musicians 27 cm. high; the dancers 38 cm. high (7)

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Lot Essay

For a similar dancing figure see: J.C.Y. Watt, China,Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 12 , 2004 - January 23, 2005, p. 241

The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of the Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test number.

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