A LARGE POTTERY FIGURE OF A STANDING COURT LADY WITH RESIDUE OF PAINTING

Description:

China, Tang dynasty
H. 54 cm
Standing with her body swayed slightly to one side, her hands held in front of her chest concealed in the voluminous sleeves of her robe, the round face slightly turned upwards, with elongated eyes, full cheecks, a crisply carved mouth, dimpled chin, all beneath the hair elaborately coiffed in a double-bun topknot, the whole figure covered in white slip.
From a European private collection, acquired at L.H.W. Hong Kong, 15 March 1993 - Restored breaks, wear
Cf. Christie's New York, 25 March 2022, lots 1061 and 1064, 13 September 2019, lot 835; Bonhams London, 7 November 2019, lot 44; Sotheby's New York, 29 September 2021, lot 1062.