A FINE AND LARGE GILT- AND RED-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF GUAN PING

Estimated Value:

10.000 € - 15.000 €

Schätzpreis:

22.000 €

Description:

China, 17th/ 18th c.
H. 110 cm
Standing in martial posture with his feet slightly apart, head turned to the left, both hands raised in front of his chest, wearing armour, finely worked-out with various raised designs, mantle covering both shoulders and tied around the hips with a broad belt, underskirt, pair of shoes, his face displaying a serene expression with slit eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, painted facial details, puffy cheeks and his head topped with a specific bonnet covered with a cloth.
Collection of Siegfried Claßen (1935-2022), Cologne, assembled between 1960 and 1990
Minor damages and restorations, part of a sleeve lost

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