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Two funerary figurines (mingqi) depicting female musicians, …
See original version (French)
21
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Two funerary figurines (mingqi) depicting female musicians, …
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Two funerary figurines (mingqi) depicting female musicians, made of terracotta, China, Tang dynasty (618–906)
The terracotta musicians are depicted kneeling. They are dressed in long pleated robes, their hair gathered into a high bun characteristic of this period. One is playing the flute and the other the sheng (a small traditional mouth organ). The faces and clothing show traces of black, red and blue pigments.
Height: 17 cm
Restored.
Provenance:
Galerie Jacques Barrère, Paris, 1997 (copy of an expert’s report).
Thermoluminescence test report issued by Oxford Authentication Ltd. on 5 September 1997, No. C97h57 (copy).
See original version (French)
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