Chinese Tang Terracotta Courtly Lady

TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.

14 1/2 in. (1.2 kg, 37 cm high).

Modelled standing facing on a rectangular base with chamfered corners, one hand held within a voluminous sleeve and clutching at her breast, the other gathering her floor length robe at the waist, her hair gathered in an elaborate style on the top of the head.

Provenance

Ex Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1979.108, for a comparable example.

CONDITION

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