Lot 27. A pottery model of a horse and rider, Wei Dynasty (386-550 AD); 26.9cm (10 5/8in) high. Sold for 4,845 € (Estimate 400-600 €). Photo Fabrice Gousset.

The soldier finely modelled seated atop a caparisoned horse, the right arm extended along his waist, the left arm bent, the horse with a saddle and a long cloth cascading above the mud guards, with traces of pigments. 

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

Note: Compare with a related pottery figure of a horse and rider, Northern Wei dynasty, illustrated in Into the Afterlife: Han and Six Dynasties Chinese Tomb Sculpture from the Schloss Collection, New York, 1990, no.35, which was later sold at Sotheby's New York, 15 September 2018, lot 1392.

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