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□ 632 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG FAMILY COLLECTION 宋至明 木雕道教仙姑坐像
A LARGE CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF 來源：
A FEMALE IMMORTAL
倫敦佳士得1998年6月19日，編號574
SONG – MING DYNASTY
possibly depicting Xiwangmu, Queen Mother of the West, the
seated immortal clad in long flowing robes
88 cm, 34⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s South Kensington, 19th June 1998, lot 574.
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,850-6,400
Compare a similarly carved sculpture of a female figure with
the hands concealed beneath a cloth, sold at Christie’s New
York, 17th September 2008, lot 383; another included in the
exhibition Cultural Artifacts of Taoism, National Museum of
History, Taipei, 2006, p. 131.
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