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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF GESAR A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF ZHOU
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY FIGURE OF LU DONGBIN CANG
LATE MING DYNASTY QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the legendary Tibetan ruler of Ling cast mounted
on his caparisoned steed in full regalia armor, the Daoist deity depicted standing in draped the bearded gure cast standing in elaborate
with fearsome facial expression and bearing a robes and scholar’s cap, his head slightly raised armor beneath a surcoat, in his characteristic
halberd in one hand looking to the distance toward his left, his right pointed helmet and stance, holding Guan Yu’s
Height 5¾ in., 14.6 cm hand and two ngers raised possibly to symbolize halberd, raised on a bronze bracket-footed base
his sword attribute, raised on a scrolled cloud Height of gure 5⅞ in., 14.9 cm
PROVENANCE base further raised on a squared plinth
China House of Arts, New York. Height overall 9½ in., 24.1 cm $ 5,000-7,000
$ 6,000-8,000 PROVENANCE 㶭⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ戭挷慹␐ᾱ䩳⁷
㶭⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ戭挷慹㟤啑䇦䌳⁷ Roger Keverne, Ltd., London, 2009.
$ 5,000-7,000
㖶㛓ġġġ戭㺮慹⏪㳆屻䩳⁷
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