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LOT 2353
Chinese Tang Terracotta Courtly Figure
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D. OR LATER
8 3/4 in. (260 grams, 22 cm).
Figure of a courtly lady in floor-length robes with hands clasped at the chest; delicately painted facial detailing and hair dressed in a high coiffure.
Provenance
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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