A very rare carved wood figure of a court ladyChu Kingdom/Warring States PeriodCarved 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).注脚楚/戰國 木雕仕女立像Provenance: Jacques Barrere, Paris, purchased in 21 March 2001John 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.