Circa 618-907 AD The figure is shown standing with her arms folded beneath the long red shawl that is draped over her shoulders and worn over her low-bodiced dress with long which is painted in purple, the lower part of the dress white. Her round face is modeled with a demure expression, and is framed by the almost geometrical hairline of her tall, crescent-shaped coiffure (paojiaji). For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art; accession number: 2015.500.7.4. 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:290mm / W:95mm; 520g Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong.