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TWO BRONZE FIGURES OF DAOIST DEITIES AND A BRONZE A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA AND TWO BRONZE
SCROLLWEIGHT FIGURES OF DEITIES
17th century
The first two cast as seated figures wearing scholar’s robes, one with 16th/17th century to 19th century
traces of gilt; the scrollweight cast as Guanyin seated at ease on a The wrathful four-armed deity adorned with a skull crown, tiger skin
rocky cliff. loin cloth and beaded jewellery, holding an attribute before him,
The largest: 15.5cm (6 1/8in) high (3). cold painted and gilt, gilt bronze lotus form stand; the figure of Liu
Hai holding an ingot and a double gourd, with a three-legged toad
£800 - 1,200 grasping his foot, all raised on an ornate plinth; and a small figure of a
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$8,000 - 12,000 Daoist Guardian deity clad in armour, raised on a plinth. The largest:
24.5cm (9 5/8in) high (3).

£600 - 800 HK$6,000 - 8,000
CNY5,200 - 6,900

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