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LOT 2048
Chinese Tang Terracotta Court Lady Pair
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.
19 1/2 in. (7.65 kg total, 49.5 cm high).
Each hollow-formed, standing on an integral polygonal base and dressed in a loose-fitting floor length robe with V-shaped opening at the neck, chignon, dressed hair, painted facial detailing; cloud-slippers protruding at the base; painted pigmentation remaining, including some decorative patterns on the clothes. [2]
Provenance
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C124a5 from Oxford Authentication for one of the figures.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12096-213519.
Literature
See Caroselli, S.L. ed., The Quest For Eternity Chinese Ceramic Sculptures From The People's Republic Of China, London, 1987, p.viii, for a comparable figure.
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LOT 2048
Chinese Tang Terracotta Court Lady Pair
Estimate £3,200 - 4,200€3,710 - 4,870 (for guidance only)$4,320 - 5,670 (for guidance only)
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