Tang Dynasty The figure gracefully modelled standing on a low trapezoidal base, his hands joined at the chest holding a pair of green and amber-glazed slippers with upturned pointed toes, wearing a long and voluminous pale-green-glazed robe enriched with a central amber streak and secured by a loose belt over wide trousers, the unglazed round face with well-articulated features picked out in black and red pigments over white slip, the hair gathered in a double-bun topknot secured with a black kerchief. 45cm (17 6/8in) high.