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A CAST BRONZE RECTANGULAR INCENSE BURNER
Xuande mark, 18th/19th century

The thick upright walls supported on four corner legs, an L-shaped flange
projecting from the underside of each rectangular-sectioned handle and the
flat base bearing a crisply cast four-character mark in a single row of seal
script, a golden-brown patina with tiny gilt flecks covering most surfaces.
7 1/8in (18.3cm) length across handles
4in (10cm) high
$6,000 - 8,000

十八或十九世紀 宣德款 銅長方形香爐

8004

A GILT AND POLYCHROME-LACQUERED FIGURE OF
DAOIST DIVINITY
Late Ming dynasty

Dressed in the ribboned cap, belt and voluminous robe of an official as he

sits upon a crescent-shaped bench with projecting foot rest beneath his

boots, the surfaces colored in a combination of red, black and gilt lacquers.

6 1/2in (16.5cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000

晚明 多彩漆金銅道士坐像

This subtle figure could represent one of the deities most popular as 8004
the subject matter of late Ming carving, Wen Chang or Guandi. Seated
figures of Wen Chang, the god of literature, wear a simple scholar’s cap
in the various media from the Ming period. However the scholar’s cap
on this lot is fronted with an up-turned visor associated with the martial
deity Guandi. For examples, see the Oriental Ceramic Society and British
Museum exhibition, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, 1984:
ivory seated figures of Wen Chang with simple hat, fig.103 and 104, p.
98; ivory standing figure with visor, identified as possibly Wen Chang, fig.
105, p. 99; a bronze standing figural group of Guandi with visor and Wen
Chang with simple cap, fig. 116, p. 105; and a Dehua porcelain figure of
standing Guandi with visor fronting his cap, fig. 118, p. 106.

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