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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF IMMORTALS These figures are remarkable for their powerful and expressive modeling
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY and dynamic sense of movement. Similar spirited movement can be seen
in a slightly larger bronze figure of Kui Xing also of Ming date, 16th-17th
Each figure is shown leaping with arms raised and wearing long baggy
century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by D.
trousers tied at the waist and long billowing celestial scarves. The face of
P. Leidy and D. Strahan, Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist
one figure has a serious expression, with eyes downcast and mouth set in
Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010, pp. 160-61,
a grimace, and the other has a mischievous expression, with eyes widely
no. 42. Like the present figures, the figure of Kui Xing is strongly modeled
opened above bulging cheeks and a manic grin.
and shown wearing loose flowing clothing and a long fluttering scarf.
8Ω and 8º in. (21.6 and 21 cm.) high, wood stands (2)
$15,000-25,000 晚明十七世紀 部分鎏金銅仙人一對
PROVENANCE: 來源:
Nicholas Grindley, 2010. Nicholas Grindley, 2010年。
LITERATURE: 出版:
Nicholas Grindley, Catalogue, Dorchester, 2010, no. 2. Nicholas Grindley, Catalogue, Dorchester, 2010年, 2號。