Lot 13. A painted potery high-footed globular vase and cover, Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); 27.3cm (10 6/8in) high. (2). Sold for 2,295 € (Estimate 200-300 €). Photo Fabrice Gousset.

The compressed globular body rising from a tall spreading foot to the high waisted neck, surmounted by a slightly domed cover, decorated with red painted borders heightened with triangular white-dot designs reserved on a dark red ground, alternating with orange painted plain borders.

Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935.
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