14TH/15TH CENTURY
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A FINE LARGE EARLY MING BRONZE FIGURE OF A DAOIST DEITY
14th/15th century
The elegant figure with carefully combed beard and his hair neatly coiled up under a small lotus crown, the long robe with a narrow border of leaf and lingzhi scrolls cast in low relief tightly folded over the chest and falling in several folds to reveal only the tips of the shoes, his arms poised at an angle before his chest and his hands holding a scroll, minor losses and bruises restored
46in. (117cm.) high
14th/15th century
The elegant figure with carefully combed beard and his hair neatly coiled up under a small lotus crown, the long robe with a narrow border of leaf and lingzhi scrolls cast in low relief tightly folded over the chest and falling in several folds to reveal only the tips of the shoes, his arms poised at an angle before his chest and his hands holding a scroll, minor losses and bruises restored
46in. (117cm.) high