Tang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A ceramic figure of a lady in floor-length courtly dress with right hand exposed and left hand held within the sleeve; pink and green pigment, on an integral octagonal base. See Prodan, M., The Art of the Tang Potter, London, 1960, pls.30 and 34, for similar examples.14 kg, 77cm (30 1/4"). From the property of a London gentleman; formerly in a UK collection, acquired in the 1990s; accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence report number C118c64 issued by Oxford Authentication.Finely modelled.