Bidspirit auction | PAIR OF CHINESE TANG DYNASTY

PAIR OF CHINESE TANG DYNASTY TERRACOTTA MUSICIANS - TL TESTED - Ca. AD 618 - 907. A pair of female musician terracotta figures, one shown seated and the other standing. The seated figure plays a harp, held close to her chest, with her robe painted in orange. The standing figure holds a panpipe (paixiao) raised to her lips and is wearing a long robe with red sleeves. Their faces are delicately shaped, with painted eyes and lips. Their hair is arranged in tall topknots. For similar see: The Ashmolean Museum, Accession no. EA1991.59. Size: 250-300mm x 75-140mm; Weight: 2kg Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. These pieces have been precisely dated using a thermoluminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla. The reports will accompany the lot.