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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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A RARE WUCAI FIGURE OF A DAOIST DEITY
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
The bearded deity is modelled with a ferce expression and wears a scholar’s
cap and scholar’s robes decorated with dragons amongst clouds and waves.
He is seated on a throne decorated with geometric and foral patterns on a
stand supported by four columns.
11 in. (28 cm.) high
£8,000-12,000 $12,000-17,000
€9,200-14,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Etude Couturier Nicolay S.C.P., Paris, 30 March 1981, lot 35.
Compare a blue and white fgure of a Daoist deity of a similar date sold at
Sotheby’s New York, 17 September 2013, lot 303.
明萬曆 五彩關帝坐像
來源:巴黎Etude Couturier Nicolay S.C.P.1981年3月30日拍
賣,拍品35號
54 Other fees apply in addition to the hammer price – see Section D of our Conditions of Sale at the back of this Catalogue
