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6389 PROPERTY FROM A PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLECTOR
A GILT AND POLYCHROME LACQUERED SEATED FIGURE OF
A DAOIST DIVINITY 6394
Late Qing dynasty A GROUP OF THREE SMALL FIGURES
The hollow wood and molded lacquer figure dressed in the robes, The largest a coral carving of a young boy holding a basket of flowers
belt and ridged headdress of an emperor, his beard of applied hair and a flowering branch; and two seated figures of Budai, the larger
and his hands joined at the front to hold a separately carved rank of Dehua porcelain with applied beads forming a mala held in his
stick, the surfaces covered with polychrome and gilt lacquer over a right hand, the back stamped with a two-character Xuande seal; the
gray clay layer visible in some areas; the elaborate throne of red and smaller of reconstituted amber, the mala depicted in his left hand.
gilt-lacquered wood carved with dragon head finials (extensive wear, 3 1/2, 2 1/2 and 2in (9, 6 and 5cm) high
repainting).
20in (51cm) height of figure
24 1/2in (62cm) height including throne $1,000 - 1,500
Provenance
$3,000 - 5,000 Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield

6390 Coral figure:
A GROUP OF THREE GILT WOOD SEATED BUDDHAS Collection of Raleigh Fairgraves, Seattle, Washington
Republic period Crane Gallery, Seattle, Washington, acquired 29 January 2014
Of standard iconography consisting of the meditation posture and Amber Buddha:
gesture of dhyana, the facial details highlighted in pigments, attired in Jade Dragon Gallery, Akron, Ohio
intricately-rendered monastic robes covering both shoulders of two Millea Bros Ltd. Auction, 24 November 2009, lot 50
figures and leaving one arm bare on the third, raised on double lotus Dehua Buddha:
plinths. A Portland Estate, Oregon
12in (30.4cm) high
PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO ESTATE, COLLECTION
$2,500 - 4,000 FORMED PRIOR TO 1970S
6391 6395
A POLYCHROME-DECORATED STUCCO FIGURE OF THE A GRAY STONE HEAD OF GUANYIN
EARTH GOD 19th century
19th century With benign expression and downcast eyes, her hair pulled up and
Modeled with a benevolent visage on his bearded head beneath an secured by a headdress carved with a large blossom flanked by
elaborate crown, his golden-brown robes fronted with a crane in a leaves (nose possibly repaired).
rank badge and shou medallions at his shoulder picked out in raised 8in (20.3cm) high
gilt lacquer, the cuffs on the red sleeves covering his hands and
other details on the clothing painted in intricate detail with further gilt $1,200 - 2,000
highlights (wear, retouching).
16in (40.5cm) high
Provenance
gifted by a family friend in San Francisco during 1960s
$2,000 - 3,000
6392
A POLYCHROME WOOD DAOIST ATTENDANT FIGURE
Qing dynasty
Dressed in an official’s crown and layered garments as he stands
on a rocky plinth fronted with a peak-shaped tablet, the scroll he
holds possibly identifying him as one of the attendants to the god of
literature, Wenchang dijun; the worn surfaces showing later additions
of gold paint over traces of red lacquer (repairs, wear).
26 3/4in (68cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

6393
No lot

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