Description:

**First Time At Auction**

East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A fine pair of pottery male figures, both shown standing with hands together at waist and displaying slender bodies draped in lengthy, flared robes. Sloped shoulders support their sizeable heads, each presenting huge eyes beneath slanted brows, a bulbous nose, and a petite mouth enveloped in a Fu Manchu moustache. Flat caps crown their heads as both are adorned by hues of cinnabar, beige, black, gray, and white. Size of largest (similar in size): 4.2" W x 11.4" H (10.7 cm x 29 cm)

These pieces have been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and have been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report is available to the buyer upon request.

Provenance: ex-Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, USA, April 28, 2022, part of lot 41 (2 of 4); ex-private Georgia, USA collection acquired around 2005

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#172637

  • Condition: Minor restoration to base of both. Light surface wear as shown and possible areas of repainting. Slight unevenness to base of shorter. Otherwise, both are excellent with impressive remaining pigments. TL holes beneath hair and inside base of larger, as well as under right arm of more petite figure.

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