A PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY, the full-bodied, standing figure with hands hidden within the crisp folds of her full, pink painted sleeves, the long robes falling over the shoes, her round face highlighted in pink, red and black beneath a projecting topknot, some white pigment remaining (restored), Tang Dynasty | Christie's

Lot 370

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A PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY, the full-bodied, standing figure with hands hidden within the crisp folds of her full, pink painted sleeves, the long robes falling over the shoes, her round face highlighted in pink, red and black beneath a projecting topknot, some white pigment remaining (restored), Tang Dynasty

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A PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY, the full-bodied, standing figure with hands hidden within the crisp folds of her full, pink painted sleeves, the long robes falling over the shoes, her round face highlighted in pink, red and black beneath a projecting topknot, some white pigment remaining (restored), Tang Dynasty
36cm. high

Lot Essay

Compare a court lady of the same size, with similar hair and dress illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol.1, 1976, p. 168, no. 180

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