A Chinese Painted Pottery Figure of a Court Lady

Likely Tang dynasty (618-907), a pottery figure with traces of slip and pigments, elegantly standing with her well coiffed hair in a double-bun topknot, her head tilted slightly to the side, hands clasped in front of her chest, with a round face with elongated eyes and full cheeks, presented fitted onto a wooden base with pole to secure figure.

HOA 17 in., Figure 15 in.

Extensive loss to pigments and glaze over her body; current pigments and paint unstable; may have some repairs or restoration; not TL tested.