A RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE PAIR OF POTTERY COURT LADIES ...

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£39,000

A RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE PAIR OF POTTERY COURT LADIES HOLDING DOGS
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
each standing in an elegant swaying pose cradling a dog, wearing long flowing robes which fall in deep folds, their fully rounded features framed by the long hair drawn into an elaborate coiffure arranged in a dramatic crescent face and an asymmetrical twisted top knot, both with traces of pigment
66.5 / 67cm high 

PROVENANCE: Property of a Gentleman

NOTE: Each with an Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescent test, Sample No. C114g12 & C114g13, dated 25th June 2014.

For a near identical example see: Kyoto National Museum, Japan, titled ' A Female Beauty of the Tang Dynasty: The Tomb Figurine of a Woman Holding a Pekinese', issued on Feb 13th 1993; see also Sotheby's New York, Tang dynasty Ceramics from a Japanese Private Collection, 11th September 2019, lot 523

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Good overall appearance with no apparent repairs under UV light. There are some minor frits in places but this doesn't affect the overall appearance.