CHINA, WESTERN WEI DYNASTY, INSCRIBED WITH A DATE CORRESPONDING TO AD 550

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A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A DAOIST DEITY
CHINA, WESTERN WEI DYNASTY, INSCRIBED WITH A DATE CORRESPONDING TO AD 550
Holding a lotus bud to his chest in the right hand and clad in heavy robes with stylized folds, the bearded face with downcast expression and surmounted by a court hat, the figure raised on a base with pendent petal-form drapery and that falls to just above an inscription
20 ½ in. (52.1 cm.) high

Provenance

The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1997.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

The inscription states that the figure was donated by Yan Daosheng in the fifth month of the 16th year of the Datong reign, corresponding to AD 550 (during the Western Wei dynasty of the reign of Emperor Wendi).

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