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Lot 43
SEPT STATUETTES DE MUSICIENNES EN TERRE CUITE Dynastie Tang (618-906 ap. J.-C)
25 – 27 October 2022, 10:30 CEST
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €10,837.50 inc. premium
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SEPT STATUETTES DE MUSICIENNES EN TERRE CUITE
Dynastie Tang (618-906 ap. J.-C)
SEVEN POTTERY FIGURES OF FEMALE MUSICIANS
Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD)
Each in seated poise kneeling, with the body slightly swayed to one side atop a rectangular base, the well-defined faces below double knot hair chignons, with traces of black and red pigments. Approximately 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high. (7).
SEVEN POTTERY FIGURES OF FEMALE MUSICIANS
Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD)
Each in seated poise kneeling, with the body slightly swayed to one side atop a rectangular base, the well-defined faces below double knot hair chignons, with traces of black and red pigments. Approximately 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high. (7).
Footnotes
Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
See related figures of dancers and musicians, Tang dynasty, excavated in 1972 from the tomb of Zheng Rentai, Liquan County, Shaanxi Province, in the collection of the Shaanxi History Museum, illustrated by C.Michaelson, Gilded Dragons: Buried Treasures from China's Golden Ages, London, 1999, no.39. See also two related pottery female figures of female musicians, Tang dynasty, from the Robert Rousset collection, in the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated by J-P.Desroches, Compagnons d'Eternite', Paris, 1981, pp.154-155.
See six pottery figures of ladies, including musicians and dances, Sui/early Tang dynasty, which were sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 78.
唐 彩繪伎樂女陶俑 一組七件
來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1935年前入藏
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
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