Lot 1484
1484
AN UNUSUAL DEHUA FIGURE OF TUDI SHEN
PROPERTY FROM A HUDSON VALLEY COLLECTION
AN UNUSUAL DEHUA FIGURE OF TUDI SHEN

17TH/18TH CENTURY

Details
AN UNUSUAL DEHUA FIGURE OF TUDI SHEN
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The bearded figure is seated on a low throne and shown gazing downwards. The full sleeves of his robe are pulled across his lap below an incised crane motif. He also wears a four-sided hat with pendent ribbons at the back.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high
Provenance
E & J Frankel, Ltd., New York, late 1970s.

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Lot Essay

A similar Dehua figure, also seated on a low throne and wearing a similar four-sided hat, is illustrated by J. Ayers in Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, New York, 2002, p. 97, no. 48, where he is identified as Tudi Shen (Protecting Spirit of Local Places). Another similar figure, in the Fujian Provincial Museum, is illustrated in Dehua Wares, Fung Ping Shan Museum, Hong Kong, 1990, no. 120.

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