A painted red pottery figure of a court lady, Tang dynasty, standing in an elegant swaying pose, wearing long robes falling in folds to the base, the face modelled with fully rounded features framed by the long hair drawn into an elaborate coiffure arranged in a dramatic crescent framing the face, and a centered fan-shaped double top knot, covered with a white slip with traces of coloured pigments, 32.5 cm high, Provenance: Dragon Culture, Hong Kong, 16 April 2004