LOT 209 Tang dynasty A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A YOUNG EQUSTRIENNE HOLDING A BIRD
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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A YOUNG EQUSTRIENNE HOLDING A BIRD
Tang dynastyThe rider dressed in boots and a 'barbarian coat' with its lapels turned outward, holding a bird in her raised left arm as she sits astride her mount standing at rest with its four legs attached to a low rectangular plinth, the surfaces colored in white, pale blue, shades of red and black. 15 1/8in (38.5cm) high
|ProvenanceDragon Culture, USA The result of Research Laboratory for Archaeology, Oxford, thermoluminescence analysis sample 866b15, originally issued 17 January 1997, is consistent with the dating of this lot.Tomb excavations document a broad level of freedom for women of the leisure classes during the Tang period, able to enjoy the equestrian pursuits of polo and hunting. This young woman must have taken part in a hunt, a falcon perched on her raised arm. See the two women with similar hair styles and dress in a group of five painted pottery hunters unearthed in 1991 from the early eighth century tomb of Yu Yin and Princess Jinxiang, exhibited in The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People' Republic of China (Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1999), no. 170, pp. 492-3.
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