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SEPT STATUETTES DE MUSICIENNES EN
TERRE CUITE
Dynastie Tang (618-906 ap. J.-C)
SEVEN POTTERY FIGURES OF FEMALE
MUSICIANS
Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD)
Each in seated poise kneeling, with the body
slightly swayed to one side atop a rectangular
base, the well-defined faces below double knot
hair chignons, with traces of black and red
pigments.
Approximately 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high. (7).
€2,000 - 3,000
Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired
prior to 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)

See related figures of dancers and musicians,
Tang dynasty, excavated in 1972 from the
tomb of Zheng Rentai, Liquan County, Shaanxi
Province, in the collection of the Shaanxi
History Museum, illustrated by C.Michaelson,
Gilded Dragons: Buried Treasures from China’s
Golden Ages, London, 1999, no.39. See also
two related pottery female figures of female
musicians, Tang dynasty, from the Robert
Rousset collection, in the Musée Guimet, Paris,
illustrated by J-P.Desroches, Compagnons
d’Eternite’, Paris, 1981, pp.154-155.
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See six pottery figures of ladies, including
musicians and dances, Sui/early Tang dynasty,
which were sold at Bonhams London, 11 May
2021, lot 78.
唐 彩繪伎樂女陶俑 一組七件
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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FRAGMENT DE LION EN PIERRE
Dynastie Tang (618-906 ap. J.-C)
A STONE FRAGMENT OF A LION
Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD)
The ferocious beast carved with its jaws agape,
bulging eyes below the pronounced brows,
with back-turned ears flanking the finely incised
layered mane leading to the back.
11cm (4 1/4in) high.
€500 - 800

Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired
prior to 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
See a related stone figure of a seated lion, Tang
dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London,
16 May 2019, lot 9.

唐 石獅
來源： 44
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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