A DATED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ZHENWU TIANSHUN MARK AND PERIOD, DATED 1457

the Daoist deity cast seated with dressed in an armour decorated with dragons, his long robes falling into voluminous folds around his arms and legs, the hands rested on his knees with his right hand holding a sword, his austere face with pronounced features and a beard, the long combed hair falling neatly behind his shoulders, the bottom interior bearing an inscription dated to the first year of Tianshun (corresponding to 1457), wood stand

The bronze is in very good condition with the exception of rubbing and loss to the gilded decoration and minor loss to the end of his robe to the left side.
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