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RARE ET IMPORTANTE BRIQUE FUNÉRAIRE EN TERRE CUITE The diagonal lozenge patterns are also known as ‘elephant-eye’
ESTAMPÉE patterns. According to Wen Zhenheng (1585-1645) in the Zhang wu
Dynastie Han (206 avant J-C - 220 ap. J.-C) zhi (‘Treatise on Superfluous Things’) These were considered desirable
on Han or ancient bricks used as part of guqin tables to enhance the
A RARE AND LARGE IMPRESSED ‘ELEPHANT-EYE PATTERN’ GREY sound of the musical instrument. See a related brick on a guqin table,
POTTERY TOMB BRICK illustrated in C.L.Ma Collection: Traditional Chinese Furniture from
Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) the Greater Shanxi Region, Hong Kong, 1999, pp.210-211. Another
The large rectangular brick hollow and impressed with cartouches related brick showing trees, tomb doorways and tethered horse, Han
variously enclosing striding tigers, standing figures carrying spears dynasty, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc.no.A.13-
and swords, trees, chariots, taotie mask-handles, galloping horses, 1924).
all framed by cross-hatched diaper ground bands, the reverse with a
central impressed and embossed diaper-ground with raised bosses A hollow tomb impressed brick, Han dynasty, is in the Asian Art
surrounded by diamond and cross-hatched borders and a taotie Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics: A
mask-handle cartouche, the sides plain, huali stand. New Comprehensive Survey, New York, 1996, p.72, no.58. Related
The brick 62.8cm (24 6/8in) high x 51.5cm (20 1/4in) grey earthenware pillars with impressed designs, Han dynasty, are also
wide x 14.2cm (5 9/16in) deep. (2). illustrated in Spirit of Han: Ceramics for the After Life, Singapore, 1991,
p.76.
€4,000 - 6,000
漢 灰陶畫像磚
Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935 來源：
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1935年前入藏
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏