STATUETTE DE DAME DE COUR EN TERRE CUITEDynastie Tang (618-906) A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD) Finely modelled, the figure elegantly standing in a swaying pose with hands in front of the chest, one hand revealed by the full sleeves of the long loose robe falling in deep folds over the pointed slippers, the round face detailed with pink blush over the full cheeks, a dimpled chin, all beneath the hair elaborately coiffed in a double-bun topknot, the figure covered in white slip with traces of coloured pigments. 37cm (14 1/2in) high. Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935 Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) pare with a related painted pottery figure of a Court lady, Tang dynasty, with similar coiffure, from the Jaqcues Polain collection, in the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated by J-P.Desroches, pagnons d'Eternite' , Paris, 1981, p.229. 唐 彩繪仕女陶俑 來源： 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1935年前入藏 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏