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CHINA, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
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A SMALL LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A SEATED BOY
CHINA, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Seated on his feet tucked below his body, his hands clasped before his chest in adoration, dressed in a smock tied at the small of the back and adorned with bracelets and armlets, the jovial expression of the face surmounted by a small forelock of hair
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high
CHINA, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Seated on his feet tucked below his body, his hands clasped before his chest in adoration, dressed in a smock tied at the small of the back and adorned with bracelets and armlets, the jovial expression of the face surmounted by a small forelock of hair
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Lucy Truman Aldrich, Providence, Rhode Island.
Estate of Lucy Truman Aldrich, 1955.
Winthrop Rockefeller, Petit Jean Mountain, Arkansas, 1955-1973.
Estate of Winthrop Rockefeller, 1973-1974.
Acquired in August 1974.
Estate of Lucy Truman Aldrich, 1955.
Winthrop Rockefeller, Petit Jean Mountain, Arkansas, 1955-1973.
Estate of Winthrop Rockefeller, 1973-1974.
Acquired in August 1974.
Literature
R. Ellsworth et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Arts of Asia and Neighboring Cultures, New York, 1993, vol III, pp. 224-225, no. 173.
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