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PROPERTY FROM THE DR. RICHARD
AND RUTH DICKES COLLECTION
861
A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED BISCUIT FIGURE OF
JIGONG
Ming dynasty
The mad monk modeled with an expressive face, wearing an abbot’s
hat and monk’s robe, open to expose the right arm and chest, seated
on a recumbent tiger, all covered in a sea-green glaze save the areas
representing the figure’s flesh, burnt a reddish-brown.
6 3/8in (16.4cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000
明 龍泉青釉濟公降虎像
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