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A lARge FAhuA ceRAMIc
FIguRe OF WeITuO,
MINg dyNAsTy

China, 16th-17th century. The
guardian of the Buddhist faith
portrayed standing with a diadem
fronting a double top-knot, clad
in armor with a scarf tied round
the neck and fluttering ribbon
draped across the shoulder,
the face, hands and armor
details highlighted in turquoise,
aubergine and ochre glazes.

Provenance: From the
collection of Georg Weifert
(1850-1937). Thence by descent
in the same family. Weifert was
a Serbo-Austrian industrialist
and the first governor of the
Federal Bank of the Kingdom of
Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.

Georg Weifert (1850-1937)
condition: Wear and traces of
use, some chipping and losses
throughout, minor old repair to
tips of heavenly bands, fingers
of left hand reattached, overall
as expected of a large ceramic
figure with circa 500 years of
age.

Weight: 9.9 kg
Dimensions: Height 60.5 cm
Auction result comparison:
Compare with a Fahua figure of an
immortal, dated 1499, at Christies
New york in The Collection of
robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part III
- Chinese Works of Art, 19 March
2015, lot 438, sold for USD $75,000.
大型法華彩韋陀像，明代
中國，十六至十七世紀。韋陀立像，頭
戴頭盔，身著盔甲，整體施松綠色、紫
色和赭石色釉。
來源：Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收
藏，同一家族保存至今 。Weifert曾爲塞
爾維亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾維亞、克
羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。
品相：磨損和使用痕跡，一些開片和缺
損，綬帶上有輕微老修補，左手指粘補
過，總體狀況與其500年歷史相符。
重量：9.9 公斤
尺寸：高 60.5 厘米
estimate euR 1.500,-
Starting price EUr 750,-

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