Lot 13. A painted potery seated figure, Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); 12cm (4 6/8in) high, stand. (4). Sold for 3,570 €. Photo Fabrice Gousset.

Modelled as a male musician, kneeling gracefully with loose robes detailed with wide sleeves, the hair tied in a bun, stand, 30cm (11 7/8in) high; together with a painted pottery head of a male attendant, moulded with soft features and long arched eyebrows, the hair tied at the back.

Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981).
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021).

Note: See a related pottery model of a kneeling servant, Western Han dynasty, illustrated in Spirit of Han: Ceramics for the After Life, Singapore, 1991, p.88, no.34.

Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris. The Robert and Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting - Part 1. Paris, 25 october 2022