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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE
PRIVATE COLLECTION COLLECTION
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOY A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF
MING DYNASTY YANGUANG MINGMU YUANJUN
the youth cast seated, with the legs bent in MING DYNASTY, DATED TO THE
front, the right arm raised to hold an ingot, the FOURTH YEAR OF TIANQI PERIOD,
left resting on a recumbent ram to the side, CORRESPONDING TO 1624
wearing a patterned brocade tied at the waist
and simple jewelry, the joyful face surmounted the figure seated in a vajraparyankasana with
by two topknots, wood stand (2) hands in dhyana mudra holding a mirror with
Height 3½ in., 8.9 cm an eye, dressed in a long flowing robe with
ribbons, chest adorned with elaborate jewelry,
PROVENANCE the peaceful face with gently arched brows and
P.C. Lu & Sons, Hong Kong, 1st July 1983. downcast eyes, wearing a bejeweled diadem,
all supported on a double-lotus base with an
inscription on the back now partly missing
$ 4,000-6,000 above the hexagonal base
Height 23 in., 58.3 cm
明 銅鎏金童子像
PROVENANCE
來源 Collection of Richard White (1924-2002),
魯氏父子有限公司，香港，1983年7月1日 acquired prior to 1973, and later gifted to the
present owner.
Yanguang Mingmu Yuanjun was one of the
248 popular female Daoist deities in China during
249 the Ming and Qing dynasties. She is also known
as Yanguang Niangniang (Our Lady Who Heals
A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE Eyesight), and is believed to cure blindness
FIGURE OF SUN SIMIAO and other ailments related to vision. In Daoist
MING DYNASTY paintings or sculptures, she is often seen
accompanying Bixia Yuanjun among other
the Daoist God of Medicine seated with the attendant goddesses.
right hand resting on the knee and the left hand Compare a pair of late 16th - early 17th century
holding a double gourd in front of the chest, bronze figures of Yanguang Niangniang and
wearing a loose robe and a studded belt over Songzi Niangniang formerly in the Mary Griggs
the round belly, the round face with a pointed Burke Collection, and now in the Yale University
beard and donning an official’s cap, traces of Art Gallery (accession no. 2015.107.23.2a-b),
red and black lacquer, wood stand in the form illustrated on the museum’s website.
of a throne (2)
Height 15½ in., 39.3 cm
$ 20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Nashville, Tennessee, in the early 明天啟四年（1624年） 銅眼光明
1990s.
目元君坐像
$ 8,000-12,000
銘文：
住持尼僧倉玄倉空門徒□祖□金火楊□造
明 銅漆金藥王坐像 天啟四年四月造 關門高氏李門郭氏

來源 來源
1990年代初得於田那西州納什維爾 Richard White (1924-2002) 收藏，得於1973
年之前，後贈予現任藏家

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