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DEUX STATUETTES DE MUSICIENNES STATUETTE DE PALEFRENIER D’ASIE TABLE BASSE EN HUANGHUALI, KANG
EN TERRE CUITE CENTRALE EN TERRE CUITE XVIIe/XVIIIe siècle
Dynastie Sui (589-618) Dynastie Sui (589-618) A HUANGHUALI LOW TABLE, KANG
TWO POTTERY FIGURES OF FEMALE A PAINTED POTTERY CENTRAL ASIAN 17th/18th century
MUSICIANS FIGURE OF A GROOM The rectangular panel top set within a
rectangular frame carved with a beaded,
Sui Dynasty (589-618 AD) Sui Dynasty (589-618 AD) ‘ice-plate’ edge above a plain narrow waist
The slender figures similarly attired in long The foreigner standing with legs braced and
flowing robes falling in folds above their hands positioned to hold a lead rope, wearing surrounded by a shaped, beaded, cusped
apron, all raised on elegant cabriole legs
upturned slippers, one playing the sheng, the a fur-lined coat with open collar and left sleeve
other a flute, the hair pulled up and bound pushed up to the elbow and a soft cloth cap, carved at the corners with lion masks and
terminating in claw feet.
in wide bun on top of the head, some with the face well modelled with high cheeks, with 96.5cm (38in) wide x 59cm (23 2/8in) deep x
traces of red and white pigments. traces of dark brown, red, beige and
26.5cm (10 7/16) high. (2). black pigments. 29.5cm (11 5/8in) high.
34.5cm (13 3/8in) high. €12,000 - 15,000
€600 - 1,000
€250 - 350 Provenance:
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021),
Provenance: acquired in the 1980’s
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired Provenance:
prior to 1935 Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) prior to 1935 Compare with a similar huanghuali kang
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) table, 17th century, with similar beast-head
Compare with three related stoneware corners, which was sold at Chirstie’s New
figures of standing ladies, Sui dynasty, from 隋 彩繪馬夫陶俑 York, 19 March 2021, lot 742. See also a
the Robert Rousset collection, in the Musée related huanghuali kang table, 17th century,
Guimet, Paris, illustrated by J-P.Desroches, 來源： which was sold at Christie’s New York, 13
Compagnons d’Eternite’, Paris, 1981, 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏， September 2019, lot 873.
pp.142-143. 於1935年前入藏
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏 十七/十八世紀 黃花梨炕桌
隋 彩繪女樂伎陶俑 一組兩件 來源：
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）
來源： 舊藏，於二十世紀八十年代入藏
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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