STATUETTE DE GARDIEN EN TERRE CUITE Dynastie Wei... Lot n° 233
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TERRACOT STATUTE OF A GUARDIAN
Wei Dynasty (386-557)
A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN
Wei Dynasty (386-557 AD)
Modelled as a standing foreigner wearing full armour and leather helmet framing the face with prominent features set in a scowl, clad in a winter cape lined with fur, traces of dark red, olive-brown, grey, white and black pigments. 32cm (12 5/8in) high.
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Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
Compare with a related pottery figure of a soldier, Wei dynasty, from the Robert Rousset collection, in the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated by J-P.Desroches, Compagnons d'Eternite', Paris, 1981, p.127. See also a similar pottery figure of a soldier, Northern Wei dynasty, illustrated in China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD, New York, 2005, p.237, no.131g.
魏 彩繪胡人武士陶俑
來源:
巴黎Robert Rousset(1901-1981)舊藏,於1935年前入藏
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset(1936-2021)舊藏
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