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国内拍卖首页 > Galerie Zacke > 亚洲艺术集珍 - 第一天 > Lot 0187
A PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A 'BEAUTY', EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
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04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天1小时
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A PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A 'BEAUTY', EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTYExpert's note: The present wood sculpture, despite being around 2,400 years old, bears a striking resemblance to the works of Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) and Constantin Brancu?i (1876-1957), two pioneers of Modernism who worked mainly in France. Given the huge interest in Chinese art among Western European artists during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is easily conceivable that both artists were influenced by figures from this group. English sculptor Jacob Epstein once recalled that Modigliani had filled his studio with “nine or ten long heads and one figure. He would place candles on the top of each one and the effect was that of a primitive temple. It was said that Modigliani, when under the influence of hashish, embraced these sculptures.” Modigliani seems to have conceived his works as if they were sacred. For him, his sculptures were all component parts of a vast, greater enterprise. Through his work, Modigliani had, by all accounts, come to dream of creating what he called a “Temple of Beauty”. At the basis of Modigliani's sculptural vision was an innate concept of a sublime, timeless and all-encompassing beauty. Today, debate continues to rage amongst art historians and other admirers of Modigliani's stone heads about the range and degree of impact brought to bear by such wide-ranging influences as African, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Near Eastern, and Oriental art, upon his extraordinarily rich, elegant and multifaceted sculptures. Looking at the present pair of Zhou dynasty beauties, it becomes quite clear that Chinese sculpture must have played a certain role in the creation of Modigliani's iconic heads.China, 4th century BC. Elegantly yet plainly carved, the large oval head, strikingly scooped out and painted with almond-shaped eyes below the arched eyebrows, centered by a slender nose with triangular tip, the ears pierced for rings, the frowning mouth simply incised. The arms are folded in front of the chest with joined hands. The long robe falls in a gently spreading cone and is painted with a sash and two long tasseled ends.Provenance: Collection of Laurent Malmezat, France, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s and thence by descent. Martin Doustar, Brussels, acquired from the above. Martin Doustar is a Brussels-based art dealer and collector whose career spans more than two decades. He began his professional journey in the early 2000s with a focus on Modern Art, developing a keen interest in the ways early twentieth-century artists were influenced by 'primitive' art from Africa and Oceania. Over time, his connoisseurship expanded into archaeological and ethnographic fields, with particular expertise in the ancient arts of the Pacific, Africa, and pre-Columbian America, while also encompassing Asian material culture and modern masterpieces. He is the author of numerous scholarly catalogs and has organized thematic exhibitions on a wide range of subjects.Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, signs of weathering, erosion, natural age cracks, minor losses, old repairs at the neck and waist, remnants of ancient black and red pigments.Weight: 2,636 g (incl. stand)Dimensions: Height 52.2 (excl. stand), 55.1 cm (incl. stand)With an associated metal stand. (2)Given the perishable nature of wood, such figures are extremely rare, the later pottery statues and vessels being much more common. The practice of burying wood figures began in the Eastern Zhou dynasty and flourished during the Kingdom of Chu (740-330 BC), attested by the excavation of several wood statues from Chu tombs in Changsha, Hunan Province.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related wood figure, dated ca. 300 BC, 47 cm high, in the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, accession number 1998.284A-C. Compare a closely related painted wood figure, dated to the Eastern Zhou, circa 3rd century BC, illustrated in J.J. Lally & Co. Oriental Art, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Sculpture, New York, 2008, no. 2. Another closely related figure was included in the exhibition, Early Chinese art: 8th century BC - 9th century AD, Eskenazi, London, 6 June - 8 July 1995, no. 45.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 21 March 2000, lot 193Price: USD 68,500 or approx. EUR 109,000 (for two) converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A very rare pair of large painted wood figures of attendants, Eastern Zhou dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related standing pose of the figure, manner of carving, and painted decoration. Note the slightly larger size (57.2 cm) and that the lot comprises two figures.

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