MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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A LARGE GROUP OF PAINTED POTTERY PROCESSIONAL FIGURES, FURNITURE AND TRIBUTE
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Comprising a palanquin accompanied by five figures on horseback and twenty-one attendants and musicians, glazed in green and brown and with painted details; together with a large shrine containing a seated Buddha, and an altar laden with tribute and surrounded by furnishings, all glazed in green, amber and cream
The largest 15½ in. (38.8 cm.) high (26)

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, 27 November 1990, lot 150.

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Lot Essay

A similar procession was included in the exhibition, Treasures from the Shanghai Museum: 6000 Years of Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 4 May - 30 September 1983, no. 115. See, also, the processional group composed of similar figures, dated by inscription to 1558, sold in these rooms, 3 December 1992, lot 287, and another group sold in these rooms, 27 November 1991, lot 339.

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