A BRONZE FIGURE OF A DAOIST DEITY

Estimated Value:

500 € - 800 €

Schätzpreis:

700 €

Description:

China, ca. 17th c.
H. 34,3 cm
Standing with his slightly twisted body on a rock rising from the wavy waters decorated with a turtle, his raised right hand holding a cup, the left stretched downwards touching the back of a crane flanking him, wearing skirt secured around the waist, mantle covering both shoulders, leaving his prominent chest and belly bare, scarf billowing around his shoulders, his face turned to the crane and displaying a friendly expression with open eyes below bushy eyebrows, beard framing his chin, his long hairdo floating around his head while a section is combed into a knot on top of his head.
Westphalian private collection, collected before 2007
Traces of age, partly chipped

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