China. Terracotta Mingqi of Fat Lady, Tang dynastie, 700-750 AD
€1,600.00
Terracotta figurine depicting a standing court lady with hands folded in front of her chest, hair pinned up and pleated robe.
Intact, with remains of original polychromy.
Height: ca. 25.5 cm
With TL authentication report by Kotalla laboratory, two minor sample holes visible on the back.
Although the Chinese tradition of grave gifts in the form of small terracotta figurines existed since the Bronze Age, this type of Mingqi reached its peak during the Tang dynasty.
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