PAIR OF CHINESE TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURES - DANCER AND ATTENDANT - TL TESTED

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Tang dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907. A pair of terracotta figures, from left to right: a female dancer shown standing with the arms raised in a dance gesture, the head turned slightly, the hair arranged in a double topknot, and the long robe with a belted waist and folds falling to the feet; and a female attendant shown standing on an integral base, holding a water vessel in the right hand with the left hand raised towards the chest, the head modelled with a rounded face and tied hair, wearing a short bodice and a shawl draped around the arms above a long skirt falling to the ground, with the tips of the shoes shown below the hem. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1997.442.7.1, 28.106.6. Size: 310-340mm x 100-190mm; Weight: 1.9g Provenance: From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK /European art markets. This piece has been precisely dated using a thermoluminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla. The report will accompany the lot.

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