39. AN IMPORTANT AND LARGE OLIVE-GLAZED TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF AN OFFICIAL Sui dynasty (581-618) A RARE LARGE GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL Sui Dynasty (581-618) Standing upright, with his arms along his sides, wearing a long olive-glazed coat open to the front and revealing unglazed, bare feet, folded just below his chin, his helmet similarly glazed, his unglazed face with a stern expression, a long pleated beard falling in elaborate plaits over the lower part of his face and collar. 64.5cm (25 5/8in) high PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION 法國私人收藏 隋 青釉陶武士俑 Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Jean-Pierre Rousset (1936-2021), Paris. Bonhams Paris, 25 October 2022, lot 36 來源 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏 巴黎邦翰斯，2022年10月25日，編號36 Compare with a glazed pottery figure of similar size and style, sold Christie's Paris, 12 December 2019, lot 170 where it is mentioned that the figure is similar to the one in the Tenri Sankokan Museum, Japan, illustrated in William Watson, Tang and Liao Ceramics, New York, 1984 p.211, no.231.