A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF THE WATER GOD SHUIGUAN

Estimated Value:

1.800 € - 2.500 €

Schätzpreis:

1.800 €

Description:

China, 17th c.
H. 32,6 cm
Standing with his shoed feet slightly apart on a four-legged pedestal, both hands raised in front of his chest holding a scepter, wearing various garments including an underskirt, wide-sleeved mantle tied around the waist with a belt, its border cast with a scrolling design, his face displaying a severe expression with slit eyes below raised eyebrows, whiskers and beard framing his face, his hair combed in a chignon and covered with the specific bonnet, traces of red-lacquer.
From a German private collection, acquired before 2007
Wear, partly chipped

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