Chinese
A Chinese Straw Glazed Earthenware Figure of a Female Attendant, Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE)
straw glazed earthenware
14 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in, 37.5 x 10.8 x 8.9 cm
Estimate: $600 - $800 CAD
Sold for: $1,000
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An Important Private Collection, Toronto
The figure shown standing with her arms folded and hands held together beneath the elegantly shaped, long pibo shawl draped down from her shoulders. Her rounded face is sensitively modeled and her hair tucked up into a tall, crescent-shaped coiffure (paojiaji).
Please note: The results of Oxford Thermoluminescent Test 266c34 on April 14, 1976 is consistent with the figure's dating.
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