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LOT 2256

Chinese Tang Terracotta 'Beauty and Beast' Dancers

TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.

10 1/2 - 10 3/4 in. (2.8 kg total, 26.5-27.5 cm).

Depicting dancers in vigorous poses, each in a cross-over robe with bell-shaped sleeves, an underdress with long tubular sleeves concealing the hands and one cloud-toed slipper revealed at the base; one with neatly dressed hair in two buns, the other with a grotesque face and wearing a pointed cap. [2]

Provenance

From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.

Accompanied by thermoluminescence analysis reports nos.18C26042024 and 17C26042024 from Laboratory Kotalla.

CONDITION

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LOT 2256

Chinese Tang Terracotta 'Beauty and Beast' Dancers

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,154

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