A Small Painted Pottery Figure of a Dancer
Tang Dynasty
With her body gracefully swayed to one side and her arms positioned in the movement of the dance, the long shawl draped diagonally across her torso tied in a knot in back
8.3/8in. (21.2cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 21 September 1995, lot 67, The Hardy Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from the Sze Yuan Tang
Lot Essay
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 766h86 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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