Lot Essay
Compare the current cast-iron figure with two heads of Taoist deities illustrated in R.Y. Lefebvre d'Argencé, The Avery Brundage Collection Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture, Kodansha International ltd., Tokyo, New York and San Francisco, 1974, pp.312-313, pls.165 and 166.
On both heads like on the present lot, the use of raised lines to describe facial features is characteristic of Ming production of cast- iron figures.
On both heads like on the present lot, the use of raised lines to describe facial features is characteristic of Ming production of cast- iron figures.