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Jade female attendant.
A mottled creamy and deep russet jade model of a standing female attendant, her hair worn in a chignon to one side, wearing long flowing robes, holding a jar in one hand and her robe tassel in the other, the facial expression finely defined, the stone with deep red tones to mainly the front side.
China: Sui dynasty (581–618) to early Tang dynasty (618–907).
Provenance: Private Italian collection.
This very unusual jade figure is usually found in pottery figures from the late Sui to early Tang period. The style of the hair is typical found in pottery models repeated on this jade figure. For a pottery model see the frontispiece and Gyllensvärd, Bo and John Alexander Pope, Chinese Art from the Collection of H. M. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, pp. 75–76, no. 90. Also see another example in Du Boulay, Anthony, Chinese Porcelain, Pleasures and Treasures, p. 18, no. 9.
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Height: 8.5 cmThe BADA Standard
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