Lot 42. A rare documentary pottery figure of a groom, Late Tang Dynasty, dated by inscription to 868 AD and of the period; 37cm (14 1/2in) high. Sold for €4,845 (Estimate 300 € - 500 €). Courtesy Bonhams.

The figure modelled standing, dressed in a long tunic with the lapel turned back, his right arm raised above the left as if to grip the reins of a beast of burden as he stands on a high plinth, with a moulded inscription dated to the seventh day of the eleventh month of the eight year of the Xiantong reign, corresponding to 868 AD.

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

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.