82
Court Lady, "Fat Lady"
Estimate
3.000 - 5.000
Session
30 September 2020
Hammer Price
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Terracotta sculpture
Evidence of painted decoration
Tang Dynasty (618 - 906)
Height: 37 cm
Category
Asian Art
Additional Information
Sculptures like this were popular during Tang Dynasty. According to fashion for court ladies of this period, women with a plumper figure were preferred.
It is said that Yang Guifei, consort to Emperor Xuanzong (r. 712-756), known has one of the Four Beauties of ancient China, set the trend for ladies of ample form.
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C103d60 dated 4 March 2003, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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