A RARE LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF WEITUO PUSA
A RARE LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF WEITUO PUSA

MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A RARE LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF WEITUO PUSA
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The standing guardian is finely carved with both hands resting on a serpent sceptre. He is wearing heavy armour bound with cords and with monster mask epaulets at the shoulders, with a celestial scarf billowing above the shoulders and trailing down the sides. His face is delicately carved with a serene expression.
52 ½ in. (133 cm.) high
来源
From the collection of a distinguished European collector.

拍品专文

Characteristically depicted with the face of a child to represent his purity, Weituo Pusa is one of the thirty-two generals under the four Guardian Kings deemed to protect and maintain the Buddhist dharma. Large figures of Weituo were therefore usually placed in Buddhist temples.

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