China important ancient tang court lady, pottery, tang dynasty 618-907 AD

Fine quality

This ancient work of art is accompanied by double documentation as shown in our photographs including a TL Thermoluminescence test certificate and Schneible Fine Arts LLC authentication attesting to the correct age.

Dimensions: 16.25 inches tall and 5 inches wide

Provenance: private New England Collection

History of Tang’s Court Ladies:
This stately and graceful figure date this sculpture of a court attendant
to the seventh- eighth century, a peak of Tang-dynasty funerary
art. Sculptures such as this one, made of cold painted pottery, are known as mingqi – spirit goods- and were placed in tombs to provide for the deceased’s needs in the afterlife. Female attendants were generally produced in groups for use in the tombs of imperial or aristocratic women.

Thermoluminescence dating (TL) is the determination, by means of measuring the accumulated radiation dose, of the time elapsed since material containing crystalline minerals was either heated (lava, ceramics) or exposed to sunlight (sediments). As a crystalline material is heated during measurements, the process of thermoluminescence starts. Thermoluminescence emits a weak light signal that is proportional to the radiation dose absorbed by the material. It is a type of luminescence dating.