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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A PROVENANCE 明十五 / 十六世紀 銅鎏金道教
DAOIST DEITY French Private Collection. 人物坐像
MING DYNASTY, 15TH / 16TH A closely related gilt-bronze figure identified as
CENTURY Laozi and dated to 1438 is in the Metropolitan 來源

cast in a seated pose, one hand raised, once Museum of Art, New York and illustrated in 法國私人收藏
holding an attribute, the other resting on the Denise Patry Leidy and Donna Strahan. Wisdom
knee, attired in voluminous robes, knotted Embodied—Chinese Buddhist and Daoist
at the waist with a braided cord and falling in Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
crisp, rhythmic folds around the body, the tips New York, 2010, pl 38.
of the shoes emerging from the drapery, the $ 20,000-30,000
hair gathered up in a Daoist cap secured by a
pin, the face well-articulated with arching brows
over heavy-lidded downcast eyes, an aquiline
nose, full lips drawn up in a quiet smile, and a
long pointed beard, wood stand (2)
Height 8 in., 20.3 cm

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