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SCULPTURE D'UN IMMORTEL TAOISTE EN BRONZE DORE
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SCULPTURE D'UN IMMORTEL TAOISTE EN BRONZE DORE

CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIEME-XVIIEME SIECLE

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SCULPTURE D'UN IMMORTEL TAOISTE EN BRONZE DORE
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIEME-XVIIEME SIECLE
Représentant Tianguan, assis sur une base rectangulaire, tenant une tablette hu dans ses mains jointes, le visage serein, le front plissé, surmonté d'une coiffe cylindrique, portant barbe et moustache, vêtu d'une longue robe nouée à la taille, ourlée et incisée de motifs floraux, les longues manches retombant de part et d'autre des genoux ; fêle et tablette refixée
Hauteur: 26,7 cm. (10½ in.)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT payable at 19.6% (5.5% for books) will be added to the buyer’s premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
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A GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF A DAOIST IMMORTAL
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

According to James Spencer, Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei, 1993, p. 174, Tianguan was one of the Three High Officials in the Daoist pantheon and is portrayed with a handsome and benevolent face. His role is to give people their allotted share of luck and happiness.

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