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A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF XI WANG MU
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A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF XI WANG MU
LATE MING/QING DYNASTY
The Goddess of the West cast in a seated position with hands held before her chest and holding a gui, now partially missing, dressed in long-sleeved layered robes decorated with lotus scroll borders falling in soft folds to the edge of the base and revealing the tips of her shoes, her face well-cast with prominent features framed by pendulous lobes and an elaborate five-headed phoenix headdress trailing jeweled tassels, covered in a pale grayish-green patina, damage to extremities--31in. (78.8cm.) high, base
LATE MING/QING DYNASTY
The Goddess of the West cast in a seated position with hands held before her chest and holding a gui, now partially missing, dressed in long-sleeved layered robes decorated with lotus scroll borders falling in soft folds to the edge of the base and revealing the tips of her shoes, her face well-cast with prominent features framed by pendulous lobes and an elaborate five-headed phoenix headdress trailing jeweled tassels, covered in a pale grayish-green patina, damage to extremities--31in. (78.8cm.) high, base