Lot 150. A sancai-glazed pottery figure of a lady, Tang dynasty (618-907). Height 15 3/4  in., 40.2 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 10,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's

the standing figure modeled with arms crossed at the chest, an ochre-glazed shawl wrapped around the shoulders above a mottled green and brown-glazed pleated robe, with a knotted ribbon hanging down the back, the head tilted slightly to the side with the hair arranged in a high chignon, wood stand (2). 

Provenance: Collection of Earl and Irene Morse.
Sotheby's New York, 17th September 1998, lot 189.

Exhibition: Spirit and Ritual. The Morse Collection of Ancient Chinese Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, cat. no. 32.  

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM