AN UNUSUAL GILT LACQUERED-BRONZE FIGURE OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL

AN UNUSUAL GILT LACQUERED-BRONZE FIGURE OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Shown standing atop billowing clouds, holding a small sheep's head in the left hand and a sword hilt in the right, wearing a long celestial scarf shown billowing behind the shoulders and sash-tied, layered robes decorated with large ruyi motifs on the bodice and shoulders, the face cast with delicate features and the hair pulled up into a topknot behind a foliate crown
22 in. (56 cm.) high