CHINE, DYNASTIE HAN (206 AV. JC-220 AP. JC)

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CINQ STATUETTES DE DANSEURS EN TERRE CUITE
CHINE, DYNASTIE HAN (206 av. JC-220 ap. JC)
Représentés debouts, effectuant divers mouvements de danse ; traces de polychromie
Hauteur: circa 14 cm. (5½ in.) (5)

Provenance

According to Mr. G. Halphen's archives, both large pottery dancers were acquired from Mr. Rousset, Paris

Special notice

This lot has no reserve

Further details

FIVE POTTERY FIGURES OF DANCERS
CHINA, HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-220 AD)

Lot Essay

Compare the larger dancer to one illustrated in M.-.T. Bobot, Musée Cernuschi, Promenade dans les Collections Chinoises, Paris 1983, p.29 ; other dancers figures are illustrated in Y. Sugimura (English adaptation by B. Watson), Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes and Jades in Japanese Collections, Tokyo 1966, pp.14-15 ; and in Chugoku Bijutsuten series 1, Kandai no Bijutsu (Chinese Art Exhibition series 1, Art of the Han dynasty), Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, April 27-May 26, 1974, p.13, pl.1/102.

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