Lot Essay
Compare to a gilt-bronze figure of a seated Daoist immortal cast in similar style, dating to the Tang dynasty, is in National Palace Museum, Taipei, collection no. zengtong000183.
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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A VERY RARE AND FINELY CAST GILT-GRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED LAOZI
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A VERY RARE AND FINELY CAST GILT-GRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED LAOZI
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box
Literature
Kubosu Memorial Museum of Art, Gilt Bronze Buddhist Figures From Sui and Tang Dynasty, Osaka, 1993, p. 85, no. 225 (fig. 1)
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