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A LARGE DOCUMENTARY SANCAI-GLAZED AD 1484, in the British Museum, illustrated by
FIGURE OF GUANDI J.Harrison-Hall, see Ming Ceramics in the British
Cyclically dated to Dingchou year, corresponding to Museum, London, 2001, p.540, pl.19:1; in particular
AD 1517 and of the period on p.537 the author notes that such large-scale
Glazed in green and yellow, the figure modelled with ceramic sculptures are rare survivors from what
a ferocious expression, clad in full armour, billowing would once have been a common sight in temples
robes and with a cloth hat, seated in a powerful throughout China. Another sancai dated figure is
position with both hands on the knees, all on a illustrated in The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, 1983,
low plinth, the side inscribed with the cyclical date p.55, pl.22.
dingchou year.
65cm (25 5/8in) high Compare a related sancai figure of Guandi which
was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 2004,
£8,000 - 10,000 lot 635.
HK$88,000 - 110,000 CNY73,000 - 92,000
丁丑年（AD1517） 三彩關聖帝君坐像
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