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LOT 2077
Large Chinese Tang Terracotta Court Lady
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.
14 3/4 in. (1.16 kg, 37.5 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 dressed 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.
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