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拍品 49
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明 三彩道教神明坐像

估價
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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描述

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seated squarely on a slab-form throne, dressed as a heavenly official in green-glazed robes with black and yellow borders over a yellow skirt, an aubergine apron secured at the waist by a belt set with appliques and hung with a long sash, the face well-modeled with a calm and distinguished expression below a majisterial cap, applied with 'precious stones', all supported on a plinth with lion-masked cabriole legs and footrest with cloud scroll feet

來源

J. Pierpont Morgan 收藏,紐約
Junius Spencer Morgan III 伉儷收藏(1892-1960年)
Louise C. Morgan 收藏,Salutation,West Island,Glen Cove,長島
Sotheby Parke Bernet,紐約,1974年5月26、27及28日,拍品編號125(彩圖)
紐約蘇富比1983年12月7日,拍品編號278

Condition

There are repairs and restoration to the plinth and foot rest. There are losses to the tips of the sash and the front lower edge of the robe. The figure has firing cracks to the lower section and has lost the tip of one nail, there is restoration to the tip of another nail and the headdress is missing an element to one side. There is old fill to the back of the base.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

拍品資料及來源

Seven figures of Daoist deities, all from the same set and formerly in the Morgan family collection were sold after Louise C. Morgan's death in 1974 at the family home 'Salutation' West Island, Glen Cove, Long Island New York by Sotheby's on 26th, 27th and 28th May, lots 76, 77, 78, 124, 125, 126 and 127.  The present figure, lot 125, is the only in the group given a full page color illustration.  Four figures of this group have been subsequently reoffered, two, from the Estate of Bernice Richard, were sold by Christie's New York, 2nd December 1993, lot 276 and another at Christie's New York, 28th March 1996, lot 342 and the present example in these rooms 7th December 1983, lot 278. 

Both Buddhist and Daoist sancai-glazed stoneware figures were popularly commissioned during the Ming dynasty. Other Daoist examples include a smaller figure of the Heavenly Marshal Zhao, dated 1482 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and another related seated figure of the Daoist God of Literature, Wenchang Wang in the Royal Ontario Museum is illustrated in Henry Trubner, Royal Ontario Museum, The Far Eastern Collection, Toronto, 1968, p. 72, no. 90.

For another larger sancai Daoist figure, representing the Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning, from the Tsui Art Foundation, Hong Kong, see Stephen Little, Taoism and the Arts of China, Chicago, 2000, Catalogue no.68. A polychrome figure which may represent the Daoist deity Yuan Shi Tian Zun (The Primal Celestial Excellency) of the San Qing (Three Pure Ones) in the British Museum is illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 540, pl. 19:2.