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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A FINELY CAST BRONZE GUARDIAN FIGURE
Details
A FINELY CAST BRONZE GUARDIAN FIGURE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The figure is modelled standing with one hand placed beside the hip of his powerful body, the full face with well-defined benevolent facial features, under an elaborate helmet centred with a mythical beast and flanked on either side by a pair of mythical birds, wearing an elaborate chain-mail secured about the waist with a single-horned mythical beast shield over the protruding belling, the celestial scarf billowing up behind the head and trailing down to the base, traces of gilt and red pigments remaining
17 5/8 in. (44.7 cm.) high, wood base, Japanese wood box
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The figure is modelled standing with one hand placed beside the hip of his powerful body, the full face with well-defined benevolent facial features, under an elaborate helmet centred with a mythical beast and flanked on either side by a pair of mythical birds, wearing an elaborate chain-mail secured about the waist with a single-horned mythical beast shield over the protruding belling, the celestial scarf billowing up behind the head and trailing down to the base, traces of gilt and red pigments remaining
17 5/8 in. (44.7 cm.) high, wood base, Japanese wood box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection