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RARE STATUE DE MUSICIEN EN TERRE CUITE
CHINE, DYNASTIE HAN (206 AV. JC.-220 AP. JC.)
Le musicien au ventre rebondi est accroupi un genou en terre, ses bras The art form of these entertainers is called shuoshang (talking and singing),
puissants brandissent un bâton d'une main et un disque de l'autre. Son which is a type of musical storytelling. Compare the similar figure unearthed
visage esquisse un rire grimaçant et ses cheveux sont ornés d'une coiffe in 1982 from Majiashan tomb no.23, Sanhexiang, Xindu county, Sichuan
traditionnelle. Province, now in the Administrative Office for Cultural Relics, Xindu county,
Hauteur: 49,5 cm. (19Ω in.)
Sichuan Province, exhibited in The Quest for Eternity, Los Angeles County
€8,000-12,000 US$9,400-14,000 Museum of Art, 1987, Catalogue no.38, colour plate on p.75 and front cover,
£7,300-11,000 ans also exhibited in China, 5000 Years, Innovation and Transformation in the
Arts, Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1998, Catalogue no.97. Similar finds
PROVENANCE: are discussed by Liu Zhiyuan, Kaogu xuebao, 1958, no.1:87-103. A similar
Christie's London, 15 June 1998, lot 46.
figure was sold at Christie's New York, 23-24 March 1998, lot 555.
A FINE AND RARE SICHUAN POTTERY FIGURE OF AN ENTERTAINER
CHINA, HAN DYNASTY (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.) The dating is consistent with the Re.S.Artes thermoluminescence test
no. R 344125A-1, 6 November 2020.
漢 陶襲鼓説唱俑
此雕塑經法國Re.S.Artes熱釋光測試（編號R 344125A-1）結果與圖錄
來源: 斷代相符，2020年11月6日
法國私人珍藏，購自倫敦佳士得，1998年6月15日，拍品46號

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