Tang three-color female sitting lady

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datang once, cultural, social and political heyday, especially women’s rights, the court and can be independent, not seen in the dynasties of Chinese past dynasties, it can be seen from this product the tang women sitting lady. This figurines for royalty and powerful tomb specially. Family members of the funeral, and strive to grand luxury, buried apparatus for tour in northern metropolis first, after and not into the tomb, in AD hoc niche in the tomb.
in the tang dynasty, with its foreign trade and opening up, and the development of prosperous see. Around along the silk road trade is frequent, religious, ideological and cultural exchanges. In the tang dynasty women independent, noble woman can accept higher education, and political influence, the only female emperor wu zetian in China is the best case. In the tang dynasty according to northern China customs, and traditional close to central Asian nomads in north China, so the tang women enjoy social power, the most good riding, participate in the war, and active in the polo and other sports.

the figurines of shape of woman, reflect the image of self-confidence, and to see the foreign exchange of aesthetic results. This garment is a Persian style, high skirt waist, beam sleeve, vast body garment, low-cut dress, the latter with Confucian dress different. Are investigated, the lady sitting tall and straight, the butterflies, to show the elegant temperament of women at that time and social status. In addition, this warrior wear shoes shoes head coil, and the song dynasty to qing dynasty women’s foot-binding custom contrast, visible in the tang dynasty women’s freedom of action.

only a three-color terracotta figures, female figurines are rare. This product is a three-color terracotta figures like the kind of young and middle-aged woman. Such figures scalloped hammerhead, young face, hair do skirt with stripes, and act the role of decorative flowers. Similar figures with blue color is the most respected. Tang cobalt material need to imports from the Middle East, is more precious than gold. Such figures are elaborately, women’s pink cheeks red lips, eyes and face, each product has unique style.

view on those clothes and luxuriant hair, believe and shaanxi dry ling was discovered in 1960, in 1960 unearthed tomb of princess yongtai (685-701) the front office on the west wall painting painted graceful women’s image. Both belong to similar fiber weight materials, clothing, makeup look is concise, this can be speculated that the figures should be similar to the tomb of s, can date in the early eighth century, should be the plump woman image of the thick makeup look popular before.

more case, a woman holding a flower on his chest, one hand on her lap, bottom of the book “woman of the house of light”, sold at Christie’s in Hong Kong on November 29, 2017, no. 2916. Number of other comparable example, garment act the role of yellow and green color, compose ochre spot, chubby cheeks jiao, no blue color, scalloped hammerhead modelling is slightly different, one is in c. Hentze, “Chinese Tomb Figures”, London, 1929, 63 b chart; Sotheby’s second sale in London on April 14, 1970, no. 62. Sotheby’s third also sold in London on June 12, 2003, no. 98.

more than one female sitting lady, with cymbals, robe deep blue and Huang Cai, Christie’s sale in London on October 12, 1970, no. 99. Has a sign those cases, bun shape is slender, skirt in blue and yellow stripes and white spot, on the shoot in New York, Christie’s March 19, 2008, no. 515.