A very rare carved wood seated figureHan DynastyThe figure carved seated cross-legged with large rounded shoulders and back, the round face with jovial expression, tilted slightly to the right, both hands holding his rotund belly, stand. 38cm (15in) high. (2).注脚漢 木雕坐像Provenance: Jacques Barrere, Paris, 8 December 2005John J. Studzinski, CBE Published and illustrated: Jacques Barrere, Catalogue, Paris, 1998, pp.110-111來源：法國巴黎古董商，Jacques Barrere，2005年12月8日大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski珍藏出版著錄：法國巴黎，Jacques Barrere，《Catalogue》，1998年，頁110-111The present lot most probably originates from Sichuan Province, which has a long tradition of depicting lively, caricature-like effigies of humans, as is evident in some of its pottery figures of entertainers, such as a figure of a grimacing drummer in the Sichuan Provincial Museum; see R.Bagley, Ancient Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost Civilization, Seattle, 2001, p.298, no.111.