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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY AND A FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL Tang Dynasty (2)
A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY AND A FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL Tang Dynasty (2)
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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY AND A FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
Tang Dynasty
The lady with an elaborate high crescent form coiffure, framing the full face with finely painted features, the hands held one over the other before her, one upward curved shoe emerging from the long flowing robes; the official wearing a tall hat, the face turned to the left and hand concealed beneath the heavy folds of the robes.
The tallest 40cm (15 3/4in) high. (2).
Footnotes:
唐 陶加彩仕女立俑及士官立俑

For a very closely related lady figure see Chinese Ceramics: Selected Articles from Orientations, 1982-2003, 1999, p. 215, fig. 4.
Condition
General old wear, rubbing and pigment losses.
The base of the official's robes with 12cm long section chipped off to the reverse.
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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY AND A FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL Tang Dynasty (2)

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