STATUETTE DE GUANDI EN STEATITE LAQUEE

DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE KANGXI (1662-1722)

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STATUETTE DE GUANDI EN STEATITE LAQUEE
DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE KANGXI (1662-1722)
Représenté assis sur un rocher, les mains sur la cuisse droite, vêtu d'un ample manteau à décor incisé de dragons parmi les nuages, le visage souriant, les yeux mi-clos, portant de longues moustaches et une barbe, coiffé d'un bonnet dont deux rubans retombent sur les épaules
Hauteur: 23,5 cm. (9¼ in.)

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A LACQUERED SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF GUANYU
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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The character Guandi or Guanyu, popularised by the 14th century Chinese classical novel, San guo zhi yan yi, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, underwent much transformation in Chinese history from a great warrior, honorary Emperor, to being deified as a God of War, as well as a parton of merchants and scholars.
A related figure from the Victoria and Albert Museum in Dehua ware is illustrated in Larson and Kerr, "A Hero Restored: the Conservation of Guan Di", Orientations, July 1991, fig.3.

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