A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANDI

Estimated Value:

4.000 € - 6.000 €

Schätzpreis:

18.000 €

Description:

China, 17th c.
H. 35,6 cm
Seated in martial posture on a four-legged pedestal with his right hand raised holding a tip of his beard while the left is firmly placed on his left leg, wearing armour, wide-sleeved coat tied around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front, broad belt, pair of boots, his face displaying a severe expression with slit eyes below raised bushy eyebrows, whiskers, beard, moustache and goatee framing his face, his hairdo combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara, traces of gilt-lacquer.
Private collection Bremen, collected before 1970
Traces of age, wear

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