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A VERY LARGE SICHUAN POTTERY FIGURE OF A FARMER
Eastern Han Dynasty
The standing figure wearing rope-tied sandals and a tight tunic over
a shorter garment secured by a belt suspending a short knife and a
long sword, holding a spade and a handle-less shovel, the face with
serene expression below a small squared cap. 110.5cm (43 2/8in)
high

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000

The Property of a Gentleman

Provenance
An Italian private collection

Agriculture was considered the foundation of the Han empire, with
canals being dug, fields irrigated and new technologies introduced.
Families were moved to the empire’s periphery to bring new lands
under way and all farming lands were owned by nobles, officials and
wealthy merchants who grew very powerful.

A related pottery figure of a farmer, Eastern Han dynasty, in the
collection of the Sichuan Provincial Museum, Chengdu, is illustrated
by J.Rawson, Mysteries of Ancient China, London, 1996, p.211,
fig.113.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence
test no.C107c79 dated 25 January 2007, is consistent with the
dating of this lot.
537
A GREEN AND OCHRE-GLAZED POTTERY FLASK AND COVER
Liao Dynasty
After a leather prototype, each side incised with a large stylised
536 flower spray, the upper section with two pierced flanges for
suspension, the broad cylindrical spout with lipped rim, with a conical
lid with knop.
23cm (9in) high (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000

Provenance
Acquired from Kwauh, 20 December 1941

Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand
Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order of St Maurice
and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius IX (Ordine Piano),
and his wife Archduchess Margaretha d’Austria Toscana, Marchesa
Taliani de Marchio (1894 – 1986).

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