Lot 25. Three painted pottery figure of muscians, Wei Dynasty (386-550 AD). The largest 12.5cm (4 7/8in) high. (3). Sold for 5,737.50 € (Estimate 300-500 €). Photo Fabrice Gousset.

The three seated figures shown kneeling, one blowing the mouth organ, another clapping his hands, a third holding an implement in his right hand, all wearing red wide-sleeved tunics edged in black, with traces of coloured pigments. 

Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935.
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021).

Note: The figure shown on the far left of this lot closely compares with the pottery figures of seated musicians, Wei dynasty, from the Robert Rousset collection, in the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated by J-P.Desroches, Compagnons d'Eternite', Paris, 1981, p.137. Compare also with a related troupe of musicians, Northern Wei dynasty, illustrated in China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD, New York, 2005, p.143, no.52.