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868 TWO LARGE STUCCO AND
POLYCHROME BUDDHIST HEADS
869 LATE QING DYNASTY / 20TH
36 SOTHEBY’S CENTURY

one the head of a guardian with furrowed brow
and protruding inlaid eyes, framed by long-lobed
ears and hair pulled back in a high topknot,
painted in russet, blue and black; the other a head
of Buddha, the round face with inlaid black glass
eyes and an urna between slender arched brows,
framed by long-lobed ears and an ushnisha
covered in conical spirals, painted in russet, red,
black and white, both mounted on stands (2)
Height of taller 24½ in., 62.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Pao & Moltke, Toronto.

$ 2,000-3,000

㶭㛓ġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ䀘㲍≈⼑ἃ㔁Ṣ䈑椾⁷
ℑẞ

868

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BROOKS
AND DOROTHY COFIELD

THREE POLYCHROME WOOD
FIGURES OF DAOIST DEITIES
LATE MING DYNASTY

each gure seated with the hands clasped
in front, likely once holding a tablet or other
attribute (now lost), dressed in o cial’s caps
with bead decoration and layers of draped robes
with sashes, the backs revealing small hollowed
consecratory chambers, with traces of gilding (3)
Height of tallest 20 in., 50.8 cm

PROVENANCE
Milwaukee, Wisconsin private collection.

$ 4,000-6,000

㖶㛓ġġġ㛐晽≈⼑忻㔁Ṣ䈑⛸⁷ᶱ⮲

869

A LARGE WOOD FIGURE OF
GUANYIN

seated in ‘royal ease’ with a shawl draped
gracefully across the shoulders, arms, and torso,
the dhoti falling in rounded folds over the legs,
the face with a benevolent expression framed by
a ‘jeweled’ headband and an elaborate diadem
concealing a high chignon
Height 48 in., 121.9 cm

$ 3,000-5,000

㛐晽奨枛⛸⁷