Lot 878
  • 878

A BRONZE FIGURE OF A DAOIST DEITY MING DYNASTY

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Bronze
the deity, possibly Wenchang, seated with joined hands holding a hu tablet, the topknot secured by a lotus crown and hair pin, with traces of gilding throughout

Provenance

Collection of Major Oswald Stanhope Benbow-Rowe (1890-1940), and thence by descent.