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A VERY RARE CARVED WOOD
SEATED FIGURE
Han Dynasty
The figure carved seated cross-legged with large
rounded shoulders and back, the round face with
jovial expression, tilted slightly to the right, both
hands holding his rotund belly, stand.
38cm (15in) high. (2).

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000

漢 木雕坐像

Provenance: Jacques Barrere, Paris,
8 December 2005
John J. Studzinski CBE, London

Published and illustrated: Jacques Barrere,
Catalogue, Paris, 1998, pp.110-111

來源：法國巴黎古董商，Jacques Barrere，
2005年12月8日
大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski珍藏

出版著錄：法國巴黎，Jacques Barrere，
《Catalogue》，1998年，頁110-111

The present lot most probably originates from
Sichuan Province, which has a long tradition of
depicting lively, caricature-like effigies of humans,
as is evident in some of its pottery figures of
entertainers, such as a figure of a grimacing
drummer in the Sichuan Provincial Museum; see
R.Bagley, Ancient Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost
Civilization, Seattle, 2001, p.298, no.111.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.