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A PARCEL-GILT-BRONZE ‘SHOULAO’
GROUP
17TH CENTURY
the figure seated on a kang-form base, with
characteristic high domed forehead, thick
unruly brows and long beard, the hair tied
back and falling down the back in two sections,
dressed in long robes with the left arm partially
outstretched holding a scroll, a small attendant
to one side, gilt in areas including the deity’s
wrinkled forehead and scroll (2)
Length 5½ in., 14 cm
PROVENANCE
Michael Goedhuis, New York, 2017.
$ 8,000-12,000

十七世紀 銅局部鎏金高士坐像

來源
Michael Goedhuis，紐約，2017年

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A GILT-BRONZE ‘BOYS’ GROUP
17TH CENTURY
comprising two smiling and play-fighting boys,
one standing with a foot in the air and holding
a toy axe-head cast emerging from a dragon
mouth, one tuft of hair flicked up from the
motion, the other boy leaning forward with
hands and feet on the ground, dressed in a robe
tied at the waist, all richly gilded, the standing
boy affixed to the wood stand (2)
Length 4⅛ in., 10.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Michael Gillingham, London.
$ 10,000-15,000

十七世紀 銅鎏金童子擺件

來源
Michael Gillingham，倫敦

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