A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FEMALE DRUMMER, TANG DYNASTY

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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FEMALE DRUMMER, TANG DYNASTY This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve Expert’s note: The Exhibition of Chinese Art at the Manchester City Art Gallery in 1936 followed the famous 1935-1936 International Exhibition held by the Royal Academy at Burlington House, London, and consisted of some of the exhibits lent to the exhibition at Burlington House by British collectors including Sir Percival David, George Eumorfopoulos, and Oscar Raphael, together with specimens from collections in Lancashire and Cheshire. The present lot retains remnants of the exhibition label, which after close examination looks to be genuine. For another example of a label from the 1936 Manchester Exhibition, see a Ming pottery figure illustrated by Robert McPherson on his website, stock number 23208. China, 618-906. Well modeled standing gracefully and playing a simple drum held in her left hand, dressed in low-bodiced robes tied at the waist, that fall to the tops of the upturned tips of her shoes, her round face with delicate features beneath her hair pulled up into a tall coiffure. Important Note: For essential information on the Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger Dimensions: Height 28.3 cm Literature comparison: Compare a related pottery figure of a female attendant, dated mid-7th century, 29.8 cm tall, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 2015.500.7.4. Compare a related painted and gilded pottery figure of a lady, dated Tang dynasty,55.6 cm tall, in the Shanghai Museum, reference number CI00053236. Compare a related pottery figure of a female drummer, dated to the Tang dynasty, in the Aurora Museum, Shanghai. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s New York, 18 March 2016, lot 1484 Price: USD 8,750 or approx. EUR 10,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the similar subject and modeling. Note the size (38 cm).

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