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PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
850
A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF WENCHANG
Ming dynasty
The God of Literature, cast seated wearing scholar’s hat and a long,
double-belted robe, falling in folds over the legs, holding a ruyi scepter
in the right hand, the left resting on his knee and hidden within the long
sleeve, the surface with traces of gilt-lacquer.
19 1/2in (49.5cm) high
$8,000 - 10,000
明 銅漆金文昌帝君坐像
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