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597
A LARGE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND
COVER IN THE FORM OF DU FU
Late Ming Dynasty
Cast in two sections, the base as a stubborn mule
standing four-square with head lowered and ears
pricked, the cover as the poet Du Fu seated in
a simple tied robe and holding a rolled scroll in
his right hand, the surface irregularly mottled and
with some brownish-red lacquer remaining on the
harness trappings. 49cm (19 1/2in) long. (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明晚期 「杜甫騎驢」式銅蓋爐

With scholar’s cap, the sage of poetry Du Fu
(712-770) holds the reins in one hand and a scroll,
symbolising his literary erudition, in the other.
Depictions of Du Fu travelling by horse or mule to
some remote retreat were perennial favourites of
painters, and the subject would sit well on the late
Ming scholar’s desk. Du Fu is considered to be
the greatest of Chinese poets who lived during the
Tang Dynasty (618-907), a golden age for Chinese
poetry. His poetry was not only praised and enjoyed
for its technical brilliance, but also for his moral
engagement with current and historical events such
as the devastating An Lushan rebellion (755-763)
from which the once mighty Tang would never
597 quite recover. For this reason, Du Fu is also known
as the ‘Poet Historian’. For examples of bronze
depictions of Du Fu on muleback, see P.Moss
and G.Hawthorn, The Second Bronze Age: Later
Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.22.

598
A BRONZE FIGURE OF LAOZI
17th century
The figure of Laozi seated wearing long flowing
robes with chased floral borders, holding a ruyi
sceptre with slender curved shaft in his left hand,
aperture on the back, 17.2cm (6 3/4in); together
with a bronze seated figure of the Arhat Bakula,
typically modelled holding a mongoose in the left
hand and a pearl in the raised right hand, 16.5cm
(6 1/2in) high. (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
598 CNY9,100 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十七世紀 銅老子像 及銅巴沽拉尊者像 各一

599
A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF
ZHENWU
16th/17th century
The Daoist deity cast seated on a rectangular plinth
open at the sides and raised on supports, wearing
long flowing robes. 30.7cm (12 2/16in) high.
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十六/十七世紀 銅漆金真武大帝坐像

See a related example illustrated in China: Cultuur
Vroeger en Nu, Ghent, 1979, no.190.
599
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