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A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
- TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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    $20,000 - $35,000

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Sale 2393
A Cabinet of Curiosities Selections from the Peter Tillou Collections
28 January 2010
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

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Lot Description

A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Shown wearing long loose robe secured at the waist by a belt, her hands hidden in the billowing sleeves, her face with delicate features below her hair set in an asymmetrical coiffure
25 ¼ in. (64.1 cm.) high

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Please note the provenance for this lot should read: Ellerton Jette Collection, Boston, Massachussetts, 1981.

Provenance

Ellerton Jette Collection, Boston Massachusetts

Lot Notes

The result of Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test no. C105f60 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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