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Pair of Chinese Unglazed Pottery Court Ladies

Tang dynasty, AD 618-907

Description

Each finely modelled and forming an interesting and varied pair. The classic corpulent Ladies are elegantly dressed in long robes with a pointed shoe protruding from beneath the hem, and their hair arranged in a stylish coiffure. Their faces are well modelled with subtle features and with serene expressions. Each retains vestiges of slip decoration.
Heights: 18 and 18 ½ inches (46 and 47 cm.)
Ex: European Collection (acquired from Gisèle Croës, Belgium in the late 1990s).
TL tested.

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