A LARGE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN LATE MING DYNASTY

cast standing with feet astride and gilt hands clasped, wearing an elaborate suit of armour and celestial scarves, the gilt face with meditative expression and framed by an elaborate headress surmounted by a moon disc and flanked by a pair of phoenix, wood stand

Private collection, Vienna, purchased in 1989 (by repute).