MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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.