A Painted Pottery Figure of a Civil Officer Northern Wei dynasty (386–534/535 CE) Height: 23 cm. With the original colors! - Note: Property from Very Important Dutch Private Collection! The collection consists of ca. 14 Chinese pottery objects (including horses form the Six dynasties to Tang dynasty, attendants, musicians, guards of honor, camels) and 10 Egyptian objects, all objects will be auctioned in the coming Catawiki auctions. - Note of the expert: With the original slip and polychrome! No broken or repaired! This makes the figure of the highest quality. Provenance: from the H. K. collections. Mr. H. K. was one of the Dutch foremost art collectors, the range of whose interests was extraordinary. These included Chinese, Egyptian, Pre -Columbian, and South-East Asian art. Mr. K. was chairman of the ABU from 1999 to 2014. In addition, K. was chairman of Youth Care Netherlands, member of the Social-Economic Council (SER), columnist for “Het Financieele Dagblad”, active at VNO-NCW, advisor to the presidium of the House of Representatives, he held many supervisory positions and was active at FNV. He was consistently one of the 200 most influential people in the Netherlands, according to de Volkskrant. One Chinese standing unglazed pottery figure of a civil officer wearing an official hat with his hand clasped beneath his long flowing robe, tied in a bow at the collar, with finely detailed facial features, the robe with original terracotta colour, white, red and black pigment. Note: It will be professionally packed and safely sent within 3 working days by FedEx/ DHL. Shipped with Insurance! Our Guarantee: The above item is guaranteed to be of the time period and condition as described, has been purchased legally and is legal to buy and sell under all international laws to cultural patrimony. - All items legal to buy/sell under The Netherlands covering cultural patrimony and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. - The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test, is consistent with the dating of the item, N. Wei dynasty. Sampling in 2 different points Three Kingdoms, Jin Dynasty, Northern and Southern Dynasties (Six Dynasties) 220 – 589 A.D. During the Northern dynasties period, increased contact between the people of China and the northwest frontier brought about cultural exchange between the two regions. Pottery sculptures of this period show distinct influence from outside China. Sculptures of camel become increasingly common: figurines of foreigner, civil officials, horses, and warriors. Equestrian themes showing warriors mounted on armored horses also prevailed. The types of burial figurines used during the Eastern Wei dynasty were similar to those of the Northern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties. Warriors, attendants, musicians, dancers, and tomb guardians in the form of divine beasts constitute the bulk of the figurines but particularly interesting are the armored horses and mounted musicians among the tomb master’s guards of honor. - A Certificate of Authenticity from Becker Antiques (specialist in Chinese pottery since 1969, Amsterdam) will accompany the item. Condition: Very good condition. Original pigment. Wear consistent with the age, some loss of color and cracks. Please be advised that all ancient Chinese pottery objects had been buried in tombs and are excavated from there. Therefore, they can always have some restorations. Also worth of note is that the item is more than 1600 years old. Important information. The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. It will be professionally packed and safely sent. Buyers are responsible for import regulation and restrictions of their own country.