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A very rare carved wood seated figure Han Dynasty (2) image 1
A very rare carved wood seated figure Han Dynasty (2) image 2
Property from the Collection of John J. Studzinski, CBE
大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski珍藏
Lot 26

A very rare carved wood seated figure
Han Dynasty

7 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A very rare carved wood seated figure

Han Dynasty
The figure carved seated cross-legged with large rounded shoulders and back, the round face with jovial expression, tilted slightly to the right, both hands holding his rotund belly, stand. 38cm (15in) high. (2).

Footnotes

漢 木雕坐像

Provenance: Jacques Barrere, Paris, 8 December 2005
John J. Studzinski, CBE

Published and illustrated: Jacques Barrere, Catalogue, Paris, 1998, pp.110-111

來源:法國巴黎古董商,Jacques Barrere,2005年12月8日
大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski珍藏

出版著錄:法國巴黎,Jacques Barrere,《Catalogue》,1998年,頁110-111

The present lot most probably originates from Sichuan Province, which has a long tradition of depicting lively, caricature-like effigies of humans, as is evident in some of its pottery figures of entertainers, such as a figure of a grimacing drummer in the Sichuan Provincial Museum; see R.Bagley, Ancient Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost Civilization, Seattle, 2001, p.298, no.111.

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