Lot Essay
For another rare wood figure of a woman dressed in an original fabric garment, see Gisèle Croës, Paris, November 10-24, 1994, Catalogue, no. 42
SCULPTURE
A GROUP OF FOUR ARCHAIC WOOD CARVINGS
Details
A GROUP OF FOUR ARCHAIC WOOD CARVINGS
WARRING STATES PERIOD
Comprising a very rare carved wood standing figure, simply carved with oblong head, slender arms (now partially missing) and tubular torso, dressed in an original fabric garment of reddish-brown color embroidered with tiny brown stitches in an abstract design which has been wrapped around its slender tapering body and is now partially decomposed, the face cut with almond-shaped eyes, long nose and tiny mouth, also with original strands of fiber for the hair; together with a pair of similar wood heads, with partial torsos, each with elongated features and a fair amount of fiber remaining representing the hair; and a painted wood earth spirit, depicting a fantastic animal with bulging eyes, a pair of swept-back horns and a long, curved pointed tongue, detailed with scrolls of various forms all over the body and head in shades of red, black and ochre
15, 6½ and 13in. (38.2, 16.6 and 33cm.) high, the first figure with a plexiglass case (4)
WARRING STATES PERIOD
Comprising a very rare carved wood standing figure, simply carved with oblong head, slender arms (now partially missing) and tubular torso, dressed in an original fabric garment of reddish-brown color embroidered with tiny brown stitches in an abstract design which has been wrapped around its slender tapering body and is now partially decomposed, the face cut with almond-shaped eyes, long nose and tiny mouth, also with original strands of fiber for the hair; together with a pair of similar wood heads, with partial torsos, each with elongated features and a fair amount of fiber remaining representing the hair; and a painted wood earth spirit, depicting a fantastic animal with bulging eyes, a pair of swept-back horns and a long, curved pointed tongue, detailed with scrolls of various forms all over the body and head in shades of red, black and ochre
15, 6½ and 13in. (38.2, 16.6 and 33cm.) high, the first figure with a plexiglass case (4)