A RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE PAIR OF POTTERY... Lot 130

A RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE PAIR OF POTTERY COURT LADIES HOLDING DOGS TANG DYNASTY (618-907) each standing in an elegant swaying pose cradling a dog, wearing long flowing robes which fall in deep folds, their fully rounded features framed by the long hairdrawn intoan elaborate coiffurearranged in a dramatic crescent face and an asymmetrical twisted top knot, both with traces ofpigment 66.5 / 67cm high PROVENANCE: Property of a Gentleman NOTE: Each with an Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescent test, Sample No. C114g12 & C114g13, dated 25th June 2014. For a near identical example see: Kyoto National Museum, Japan, titled ' A Female Beauty of the Tang Dynasty: The Tomb Figurine of a Woman Holding a Pekinese', issued on Feb 13th 1993; see alsoSotheby's New York, Tang dynasty Ceramics from a Japanese Private Collection,11th September 2019, lot 523 ESTIMATE ON REQUEST SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS LOT: BIDDING WILL BE BY TELEPHONE, ABSENTEE BID AND IN THE AUCTION ROOM ONLY. A DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED FOR BIDDING. PLEASE CONTACT enquiries@doreandrees.com FOR MORE INFORMATION