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CHINA, Tang dynasty (618-907).
Important fat lady holding a …
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81
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CHINA, Tang dynasty (618-907).
Important fat lady holding a …
See original version (French)
Estimate €18,000 - €22,000
Voluntary lot
Description
CHINA, Tang dynasty (618-907).
Important fat lady holding a box in her delicate hands. Her round face is coiffed in the famous "Duo Maji" (just fallen from the horse) chignon*. The ample dress, adapted to her generous shape, reveals her shoes at the bottom, with their raised ends evoking flowers and echoing the floral pleating of the garment.
Terracotta and polychrome. Height 66 cm. Restoration to fingers* Note: the woman behind this new canon of beauty is Yang Guifei, with whom the emperor Xuangong (712 - 755) fell madly in love. She is said to have fallen off her horse, and her slightly undone chignon is said to have made her even more beautiful.
Oxford thermoluminescence test to confirm dating. Véronique Gaudemer Collection, expert
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