Property from the Collection of John J. Studzinski, CBE 大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski珍藏 A very rare carved wood figure of a court lady Chu Kingdom/Warring States Period Carved from a single piece of wood with long and narrow body, the head flat with almond-shaped eyes, marked brows, straight nose and lightly cut mouth, clothed in a silk gown, stand. 49cm (19 1/4in) high. (2). Fußnoten 楚/戰國 木雕仕女立像 Provenance: Jacques Barrere, Paris, purchased in 21 March 2001 John J. Studzinski, CBE 來源：法國巴黎古董商，Jacques Barrere，2001年3月21日 大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski珍藏 Notable for its great simplicity and delicacy and for the remarkable preservation of brocaded textile fragments attached to the body, the present figure was likely intended for internment in a burial belonging to a high-ranking member of the Zhou society and together with a vast array of furnishing, sustained the occupant in their afterlife. Compare with a similarly-sized wood figure of a lady, Eastern Zhou dynasty, excavated in Hubei Province, illustrated by Wang Chuanfu and Yang Minghong, 'A Tomb of the State of Chu Wuchang Cemetery in Jiangling, Hubei', in Wenwu, 1989, vol.3, pl.3, figs.5 and 6.
Property from the Collection of John J. Studzinski, CBE 大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski珍藏 A very rare carved wood figure of a court lady Chu Kingdom/Warring States Period Carved from a single piece of wood with long and narrow body, the head flat with almond-shaped eyes, marked brows, straight nose and lightly cut mouth, clothed in a silk gown, stand. 49cm (19 1/4in) high. (2). Fußnoten 楚/戰國 木雕仕女立像 Provenance: Jacques Barrere, Paris, purchased in 21 March 2001 John J. Studzinski, CBE 來源：法國巴黎古董商，Jacques Barrere，2001年3月21日 大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski珍藏 Notable for its great simplicity and delicacy and for the remarkable preservation of brocaded textile fragments attached to the body, the present figure was likely intended for internment in a burial belonging to a high-ranking member of the Zhou society and together with a vast array of furnishing, sustained the occupant in their afterlife. Compare with a similarly-sized wood figure of a lady, Eastern Zhou dynasty, excavated in Hubei Province, illustrated by Wang Chuanfu and Yang Minghong, 'A Tomb of the State of Chu Wuchang Cemetery in Jiangling, Hubei', in Wenwu, 1989, vol.3, pl.3, figs.5 and 6.
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