Circa 618-907 AD A mold-formed pottery tomb attendant figure in the form of a woman who is wearing a lengthy robe with a red-painted skirt, upper clothing in green, her left arm by her side holding a vessel and her right hand outstretched, she is displaying a harmonic expression; her smiling face beneath a large hair bun. Excellent condition and original paintwork. For similar style holding ewer see: The Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art 1997.442.7.1. This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. The samples collected date the piece to the period reflected in its style, whilst also showing no modern trace elements. The TL certificate with its full report will apany this lot. Size: L:340mm / W:75mm; 725g Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong.