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- Sale 6276
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Apr 13 | 10:00 AM EDT
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| Philadelphia
Sale 6276
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$2,000 – $3,000
The Daoist immortal with powerful visage, wearing two earrings and slender scrolled diadem, having his signature crutch in under left arm, while holding a double-gourd in his raised right hand, a belt of foliage gathering the flowing robes, open to reveal his ample belly and chest, later wood base
H(without stand): 9 1/4 in.NOTE:
For other examples of parcel-gilt figural bronzes of the period, see Michael Goedhuis, "Chinese and Japanese Bronzes", London, 1989, #25, for a seated figure of Laozi; see also Michel Maucuer, "Bronzes de la Chine Imperiale des Songs aux Qing", p. 155, no. 105 for a group of the eight Daoist immortals including a figure of Li Tieguai; p.158, no. 112, for a toad-shaped censer surmounted by a figure of Liu Hai; and p. 159, no. 113 for a celestial functionary.
PROVENANCE:
Ji Zhen Zhai Collection
Property from a Private Collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PUBLISHED:
Fang Jing Pei, "Treasures of the Chinese Scholar", New York, 1997, p. 88, fig. 79 (as late Ming Dynasty, 17th century).
Fang Jing Pei "Symbols and Rebus in Chinese Art", Berkeley, 2004, p. 69 B
