Asian Art II - 16th November 2022

Lot 995

A CHINESE SANCAI POTTERY FIGURE OF A SEATED COURT LADY

Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £700

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Description

A CHINESE SANCAI POTTERY FIGURE OF A SEATED COURT LADY

PROBABLY TANG DYNASTY

She sits facing forward and holding a single peony bloom before her chest, she wears a long dress decorated with moulded flowers, tied with a blue sash, her unglazed head and chest picked out in red and black, together with a fitted box, 37.5cm.

Cf. The Phoenix Art Museum, no.2005.35 for a closely related figure.