Tang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A ceramic figure of a courtly lady standing on an irregular base wearing a floor-length gown, one cloud slipper emerging from beneath the hem, hands folded in the voluminous sleeves, hair carefully dressed. 3.6 kg, 51cm (20"). Property of a central London gallery; previously in an old established London collection formed since the 1980s; accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence test report by Laboratory Kotalla no.11CM160919.Finely modelled.