TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

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A RARE PAIR OF BLUE AND SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURES OF COURT LADIES
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The taller: 15 ½ in. (39 cm.) high, composite stands

Provenance

Berwald Oriental Art, New York, 5 April 2006.

Literature

Berwald Oriental Art, Blue Glaze of the Tang, New York, 2006, pp. 30-1, no. 7.

Exhibited

New York, Berwald Oriental Art, Blue Glaze of the Tang, 28 March-15 April 2006.

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Lot Essay

These delicate sancai-glazed figures of ladies are elegantly dressed and exhibit the rich inclusion of the cobalt blue glaze reserved for the finest Tang-dynasty pottery figures. One of the ladies holds a delicate fan resting against one shoulder. While seated examples of Tang pottery ladies exist holding a floral stem that rests on one shoulder, the fan is a very unusual and sophisticated accessory.

The results of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test nos. C205b46 and C205b47 are consistent with the dating of this lot.

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