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A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF GUARDIAN
ZENG ZHANG, MING DYNASTY
Massive cast and chiseled bronze with some
remainders of lacquer gilding
China, 16 - 17 century
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Depicted in an elaborate headdress, armor,
and flowing sashes, standing solidly on a
rectangular pedestal, Zeng Zhang of the
south is shown with a halberd in the proper
right hand, the other raised in the vitarka
mudra.
Shape: Sculptural
Dimensions: 47 cm (height)
Condition: Small segments of the sashes,
three fingers and parts of the crown are
missing, as well as the sealing on the
backside, material deterioration on the
backside, extensive wear and patina
Provenance: Austrian private collection,
assembled in Asia in and before the 1930s

Literature comparison: Important Chinese
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Art. Sotheby’s, New York, September 13 ,
2017, lot 126. (for a pair of related, yet smaller
guardian figures)

㖶ẋ⣏✳⡆攟⣑䌳戭⁷ġ
⮷悐↮柕䙼ˣᶱ㟡ㇳ㊯仢⣙炻ẍ⍲側朊䘬⮩⌘⍲
㛸㕁仢⣙炻⣏朊䧵䢐㎵␴戭接
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷, ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ẋ⇵⛐Ṇ㳚
岤⼿ˤ
Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-
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A LARGE 17 CENTURY ‘LION MASK’ OCTOLOBED
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BRONZE CENSER
Bronze, mounted to wooden base
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China, 17 century
This large bombé bronze censer of octolobed form shows
stepped rims at the neck and the foot. Most appealing
are the well-cast and finely incised handles in shape of
lion heads.

Shape: Censer shape with figural lion mask handles
Dimensions: 20,5 cm (height including base), 23 cm
(diameter at the upper rim)
Condition: Good condition with appealing patina
Provenance: American private collection

Literature comparison: For two 17 century censers
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showing very similar lion mask handles see Sotheby’s,
SATURDAY AT SOTHEBY’S: CHINESE ART, 21 MARCH
2015, NEW YORK, lot 769 and Sotheby’s, IMPORTANT
CHINESE ART, 15 SEPTEMBER 2015 - 16 SEPTEMBER
2015, NEW YORK, lot 246.

⋩ᶫᶾ䲨ℓ䒋䋭椾暁俛戭楁䆸
⑩䚠列⤥炻⊭㻧⍂㽌
伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
Estimate EUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 250,-

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