STATUETTE DE GARDIEN EN TERRE CUITEDynastie Wei (386-557) A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN Wei Dynasty (386-557 AD) Modelled as a standing foreigner wearing full armour and leather helmet framing the face with prominent features set in a scowl, clad in a winter cape lined with fur, traces of dark red, olive-brown, grey, white and black pigments. 32cm (12 5/8in) high. Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935 Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) pare with a related pottery figure of a soldier, Wei dynasty, from the Robert Rousset collection, in the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated by J-P.Desroches, pagnons d'Eternite' , Paris, 1981, p.127. See also a similar pottery figure of a soldier, Northern Wei dynasty, illustrated in China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD , New York, 2005, p.237, no.131g. 魏 彩繪胡人武士陶俑 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