Lot 329
329
AN UNUSUAL LARGE SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF GUANDI
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AN UNUSUAL LARGE SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF GUANDI

19TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL LARGE SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF GUANDI
19TH CENTURY
The God of War shown seated on a throne draped with a tiger's pelt, his right hand raised as he strokes his long beard and his left hand holding an open book, wearing long robes over his finely detailed armor and a cloth cap tied with a bow, the stone of mottled ivory and reddish color
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the similarly carved soapstone figure of Guandi of approximately the same large size in the British Museum illustrated in Chinese Ivories from Shang to the Qing, London, Oriental Ceramic Society, The British Museum, 1984, p. 107, no. 119.

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