A KOREAN WOOD FIGURE OF A MAN STANDING ON HIS HANDS
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A KOREAN WOOD FIGURE OF A MAN STANDING ON HIS HANDS

JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)

Details
A KOREAN WOOD FIGURE OF A MAN STANDING ON HIS HANDS
JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)
Wood with traces of red pigment
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Mrs. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, Maine.
Gift to David Rockefeller, September 1932.
Literature
R. Ellsworth and A. Christy, et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection, New York, Vol. III, 1993, pp. 228-229, no. 177 (illustrated, p. 228).
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