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541
A WOOD FIGURE OF TUDIGONG
17th/18th century
The Earth God carved seated wearing a four-
sided hat and long cascading robes falling in folds
over the legs revealing two slippers, both hands
resting on his lap, the face with serene expression
flanked by a pair of long pendulous ears, on a
velvet stand. 32.4cm (12 3/4in) high. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十七/十八世紀 木雕土地公坐像

Published, Illustrated, and Exhibited:
Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London,
2002, no.109.
展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2002年，編號109

The present lot is a depiction of Tudigong
(土地公 ‘Lord of the Soil and the Ground’)
or Tudishen (土地神 ‘God of the Soil and the
Ground’), also known simply as Tudi (土地 ‘Soil-
Ground’). Similar statues of Tudigong in wood are
rare. However, similar examples are found in other
materials such as porcelain; see for example, a
similar blanc-de-Chine figure, also seated on a
low throne and wearing a similar four-sided hat,
illustrated by J.Ayers, Blanc de Chine, Divine
Images in Porcelain, New York, 2002, p.97,
no.48, where the figure is identified as Tudi Shen.
541 Another similar figure in the Fujian Provincial
Museum is illustrated in Dehua Wares, Fung Ping
Shan Museum, Hong Kong, 1990, no.120.
542
A DOCUMENTARY BRONZE FIGURE OF
WENCHANG
Inscribed Xue Mingyang Zhi, late Ming
Dynasty
Seated with the left hand clasping his belt
securing his dragon robe over a rotund belly,
his head with an official’s cap over his face
with five apertures for whiskers and a beard,
the sleeves and hem draped in luxuriant folds,
the reverse incised Xue Mingyang zhi (made
by Xue Mingyang). 23cm (9in) high.

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明晚期 銅文昌帝君坐像
「薛鳴陽製」楷書刻款

542

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