Earthenware, lead glaze, cold paintChinaDimensions: Height 54.5 cm by 19.7 cm by 13 cmWeight: 5.3 kilogramsThe large figure is made of a straw-white terra-cotta and is decorated with bright green glaze, black and remains of red paint. Details of the wide eyes are applied in black paint and the lips are painted in red. The servant is depicted with broad shoulders, a braid of hair reaching down to his neck and a round face. His hands joined in front of the belly are covered with a red cloth. He is dressed in a knee-length green Qing style coat, which has the left collar overlapping the right one, and a long red undergarment with a stand-up collar. The clothes have walking splits on the back side. The man is wearing black Qing-style shoes. The sculpture is integrally fired on a square plinth. The use of tomb figures was a widespread practice in China since the Han dynasty (208 BC-AD 220) and came to an end in the Ming period. Earthenware figures decorated with green glazes were invented in the Tang period (618-906 AD), together with a new type of three-coloured pottery in green, amber and straw-white colours. Also in the Tang period, tomb figures were positioned on a plinth. This figure creates a mix of styles of the Han, Tang and Qing periods.Purchased: 5th April 2002 from Jörg Magener , Zurich , Switzerland.The buying price was 3.200 CHFAUCTION DATE:Saturday 23rd April 202211:00 - 13:00Preview:15. April - 17. April 2022 from 09:00 - 17:00AUCTION LOCATIONThe SpaceVorm Eichholz 2f42119 WuppertalGermanyEXHIBITED ONLY:Family Collection HofDelsbergerallee 654053 BaselSwitzerlandSPECIAL NOTESAll Lots are in Basel , and will be ped from there.All items must be paid to Hardt Auctions GmbHThe ment has to be arranged by the buyer.Hardt Auctions can not be held resposible for Export documents or local laws forCH-4132 Muttenz+41 61 467 95 00E-Mail:Kraft E.L.S. AGFlorenz-Strasse 5CH-4142 Münchenstein+41 61 337 92 30E-Mail: info@kraft-els.chFILE ACCESSFor Pictures ,Movies and Provenances please visit:Liveauctioneers51bidlivedrouot-digitalepailivethe-saleroomlot-tissimo