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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.
TWO SANCAI-GLAZED DAOIST
FIGURES $ 15,000-25,000
MING DYNASTY
Ralph M Chait Galleries
each deity modeled wearing long robes with
ringed pendant sashes, stylized o cial’s
headdress, and upturned ruyi-toed shoes,
one with yellow-glazed skin bearing a stern
expression, the left hand holding the belt, the
other with a calm expression with hands clasped
to hold a tablet (now lost), seated on tiered
thrones with scrolled spandrels and feet, in rich
yellow, green, and aubergine glazes (2)
Heights 19 in., 48.3 cm
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