CHINESE TANG DYNASTY MUSICIAN LADY - TL TESTED
Ca. 618-907 AD.
A lovely terracotta figure of a female musician depicted standing on an irregular-shaped low base. She wears a long red dress and a cream top. Her facial features consist of thin, slightly arched eyebrows, narrow eyes, and red highlighted lips. Her hair is neatly combed into a hairstyle consisting of a high topknot. This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. The samples collected date the piece to the period reflected in its style, whilst also showing no modern trace elements. The TL certificate with its full report will accompany this lot.
Size: L:360mm / W:110mm ; 1.19kg
Provenance: East Anglian private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong.

Estimate: GBP 450 - 900