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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA FEMALE MUSICIAN - TL TESTED: Ca. 618-906 AD A terracotta figure of a kneeling female musician wearing a long flowing gown with an orange skirt and cream bodice. The lady is delicately made up with red lip paint, delicate arching

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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA FEMALE DANCER - TL TESTED: Ca. 618-907 AD A terracotta figure of a female dancer depicted in dynamic, dancing movement. The lady wears a long flowing dress with a red bodice, and a green shawl. Her hands are hidden in sleeves.

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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA FEMALE DANCER - TL TESTED: Ca. 618-907 AD A delicate figure of a female dancer wearing a long flowing gown with her hands covered in sleeves. The top of her dress is red, and a long shawl hangs from her left shoulder. Her upper

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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA DANCING LADY - TL TESTED: Tang Dynasty, Ca.618-907 AD A terracotta Tang Dynasty female dancer wearing a long flowing gown with her hands uncovered. The dress is a deep orange, which continues to the waist sash which separates

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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA DANCING LADY - TL TESTED: Ca. 618-906 AD A terracotta Tang Dynasty female dancer wearing a long flowing gown with her hands uncovered. The dress is a deep orange, which continues to the waist sash which separates the skirt fro

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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA HORSE - TL TESTED - WITH REPORT: Tang Dynasty, Ca. 618-907 AD A large and beautiful hollow-moulded terracotta horse, modelled in a standing pose on a square base. The horse's head is facing gazing forward, with its ears pricked forwa

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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA HORSE - TL TESTED: Ca. 618-907 AD. A beautiful terracotta horse with a long neck artistically turned up, standing on an integral falt base. The animal has a chestnut-coloured body, short mane and docked tail. Warhorses

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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA HORSE - TL TESTED: Ca. 618-907 AD A large and beautiful hollow-moulded terracotta horse, modelled in a standing pose on an integral base. The horse's neck is slightly turned to the left, with its ears pricked forward at

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Chinese Tang Dynasty Terracotta Camel, TL Tested: East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A large, hollow pottery figure of a Bactrian camel wearing very distinctive saddle bags in the form of monstrous masked faces. This camel was made to

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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA FEMALE ATTENDANT - TL: Circa 618-907 ADA mold-formed pottery tomb attendant figure in the form of a woman who is wearing a lengthy robe with a red-painted skirt, upper clothing in green, her left arm by her side holding a v

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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA FAT LADY - TL TESTED: Ca. 618-907 AD A lovely ‘Fat Lady’ figure skilfully formed from a fine clay terracotta. The figure’s eyes with a serene expression, lips, nose, and eyebrows have been delicately pain

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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA FAT LADY - TL TESTED: Ca. 618-907 AD. A beautiful ceramic "Fat Lady" figure. The lady stands facing forward, with one foot angled to the side. She wears long-sleeved, loose-hanging robes, and the court dress is embellished

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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA SOGDIAN RIDER- TL TESTED - WITH REPORT: Tang Dynasty, Ca. 618-907 AD An earthenware mingqi of foreign rider on a horse modelled in a standing pose. The rider depicted with body facing outwards towards the horse's head, his head turned sligh

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RARE CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA SOGDIAN GROOM - TL TESTED: Tang Dynasty, Ca. 618-907 AD An earthenware lead-glazed minqui portraying a Sogdian groom wearing an ochre, red and green glazed tunic tied at the waist. His face with aquiline nose, elongated earlobe

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PAIR OF CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA MUSICIAN: Ca. 618 to 906 AD. Tang Dynasty. Pair of terracotta female musician figures. One is playing a drum, the other one is playing the flute. Both are depicted in kneeling position, wearing long light colou

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Chinese Tang Dynasty Pottery Horse - Oxford TL tested: Far East, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A stunning terracotta mold-made horse, TL tested dating it to the Tang Dynasty, boasting an idyllic form, standing squarely on all fours with his head

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Description

Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907.
A Chinese terracotta female musician. The lady is depicted with makeup, wearing a red belted dress, with long flowing sleeves covered with Persian influenced floral medallions, the outfit finished by a pair of pointed black shoes. Her hair is arranged into the Wo Duo Ji style knot, where the hair is left right above the shoulders finished with a loosely hanging top bun. She is shown to be playing the Chinese lute, also known as Pipa in Chinese. The instrument is decorated and painted with green pigments. This piece has been precisely dated using a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla. The report will accompany the lot.
Size: 500mm x 170mm; Weight: 3.8kg
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.