The graceful figure wearing a long-sleeved surcoat belted above the waist and cloud-shaped slippers, the head turned to one side and hair pulled up into two topknots, depicted in animated pose, gracefully stepping forward with one arm raised and the other resting upon her knee. 

Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 
Acquired from Buschgens, 13 November 1952
Acquired from Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 18 December 1953
The Cunliffe Collection, no.PT88, and thence by descent

Bonhams. AUCTION 23237: FINE CHINESE ART, 10:30 BST - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET