A Chinese Pottery Tomb Figure of a Lady

Tang dynasty (618-907), earthenware with pigments, a court lady dressed in a long robe with stylized chignon, delicate face and features, remnants of red, white, and black pigments to surface, presented on a custom stand in a glass cloche.

Figure only 10 1/2 in., in glass dome with base 13 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Phyllis Hoch, Greensboro, North Carolina

Old break with repair and restoration to lower body; some scattered losses to pigments