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AN EXTREMELY RARE LARGE BRONZE FIGURE 明隆慶 A RARE LARGE WOOD FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
OF XIWANGMU 銅西王母像 SONG – YUAN DYNASTY
MING DYNASTY, LONGQING PERIOD, DATED 1571
《隆慶五年四月十八日造》銘 carved standing with the head and upper body turned towards
cast seated on a high plinth, the reverse of the plinth with the right, the right arm held across the body as though
an inscription translating to ‘ordered by Madame Liu, wife 來源： supporting an implement with the left hand, further depicted
of confessor Niu Kui, dated 18th day, 4th month, 5th year of 馬爾默家族私人收藏，購自奧斯陸家族舊藏 clad in long layered robes cascading in folds near the hems and
Longqing, cast by Wang Huai’ secured with a court belt, the long, fleshy face rendered with
51 cm, 20 in. 銘文： a gentle smile and framed by a tall headdress and prominent
ears, stand
信士牛魁 妻劉氏。同匠王淮。
PROVENANCE 137.5 cm, 54⅛ in.
A private family collection in Malmö, acquired in Oslo from an
old Norwegian family collection. PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 29th March 2006, lot 345.
HK$ 150,000-250,000 EXHIBITED
US$ 19,400-32,300
Chinese and Japanese Sculpture, Gerard Hawthorn Ltd,
London, 2003, cat. no. 2.
It is rare to find a Daoist bronze sculpture of this size and
quality, and even rarer to find one dated to the Longqing era. It is rare to find a Song to Yuan wood figure of this large
Several examples dated to the Jiajing period are recorded, imposing size depicting an offiicial figure as opposed to a
including a larger figure from the H.M. Knight collection, sold religious figure. The pair to the current figure is illustrated on
in our London rooms, 7th March 1980, lot 32, dated to 1536. the cover of Chinese Arts Auction Records, 2001, Taipei
However, no other Longqing example is known. A smaller (70 cm) polychrome decorated wood figure of an
official was sold at Parke Bernet galleries, New York, 8th June
1979, from the collection of Benjamin Sonnenberg.
HK$ 400,000-600,000
US$ 52,000-78,000
宋至元 木雕文官立像

來源：
紐約佳士得2006年3月29日，編號345
Inscription
展覽：
《Chinese and Japanese Sculpture》，Gerard Hawthorn
Ltd，倫敦，2003年，編號2