FOUR LARGE SICHUAN PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES Han Dynasty Comprising two kneeling entertainers; one chef kneeling before a low table butchering fish and tortoise; and one standing servant holding wine jars. Chef: 23in (58.5cm) high; Entertainers: 20 1/4in (51.5cm) high; Servant: 22 7/8in (58cm) high (4). Footnotes: 漢 四川彩繪陶俑四件 Provenance Entertainers: Chak's Company Limited, Hong Kong, 1998 Chef: Chak's Company Limited, Hong Kong, 1998 Wine carrier servant: Mee-Seen Loong, Hong Kong, 1998 Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut 來源： 說唱俑：香港永寶齋，1998 廚子：香港永寶齋，1998 提酒甕侍從：香港龍美仙，1998 康乃狄克州格林威治鎮私人藏 The whimsical depiction of entertainers and servants is a unique quality in these Sichuan pottery figures. A similar Sichuan pottery chef in the collection of the Portland Art Museum, Oregon, is illustrated by Jenkins and Xu, Mysterious Spirits, Strange Beasts, Early Delights: Early Chinese Art from the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Collection, Portland, 2005, pp. 130-131. Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價。 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: W ¤ W Lot is oversized or otherwise such that it must be collected from our designated warehouse. Please refer to the Offsite Sold Property Storage section of the Buyer's Guide for details. ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing