RARE STATUE DE DAME DE COUR

CHINE, DYNASTIE DES HAN OCCIDENTAUX (206 AV. JC-09 AV. JC)

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RARE STATUE DE DAME DE COUR
CHINE, DYNASTIE DES HAN OCCIDENTAUX (206 av. JC-09 av. JC)
Représentée à genoux, sa fine taille soulignée par une robe moulante, terminée par une traine, les manches larges étalées de part et d'autre, les mains absentes, le visage en pointe, les yeux en amande, le nez aquilin, les lèvres fines esquissant un léger sourire, les oreilles percées, les cheveux enserrés dans un turban ; traces de polychromie
Hauteur: 39 cm. (15 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Christie's New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Thursday, December 10, 1987, Lot 103

Literature

Desroches, J.-P. and M.-C. Rey, Chine: des chevaux et des hommes; Donation Jacques Polain, Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris 1995, pl. 13

Further details

A RARE POTTERY FIGURE OF A KNEELING COURT LADY
CHINA, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-09 BC)

Lot Essay

This, almost abstract, pottery model radiates an unusual elegance. The unknown artist was, as it were, able to create a balance between her delicately modelled bust, free arms covered by wide sleeves, her overly narrow waist and voluminous robe ending in a train-gown. Her face demonstrates already the characteristic enigmatic smile so common for the slightly later Wei examples.
A very similar seated court lady with the same dress, smily face and hairdress is in the Guimet Museum and illustrated in J-P. Desroches, Compagnons d'Eternité, Trésors du Musée Guimet, Paris 1996, pp.65-66.

The results of the Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 466d71 are consistent with the dating of this lot.

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