A painted pottery model of a beauty
Tang dynasty
An elaborate asymmetrical coiffure framing her full face and tiny ears, her substantial figure encased in a billowing dress as she stands in relaxed contrapposto, her hands held in front of her with fingers pointed to either side, all supported by a flat clay plinth; the exterior covered in traces of gesso and earthen adhesions with details of the face picked out in polychrome pigments.
20in (51cm) high
An elaborate asymmetrical coiffure framing her full face and tiny ears, her substantial figure encased in a billowing dress as she stands in relaxed contrapposto, her hands held in front of her with fingers pointed to either side, all supported by a flat clay plinth; the exterior covered in traces of gesso and earthen adhesions with details of the face picked out in polychrome pigments.
20in (51cm) high
Sold for
US$ 8,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of Oxford Authentication Ltd. Thermoluminescence test sample No: C102b62
Lot heading
Property from the J. Russell Wherritt Administation Trust
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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