A BRONZE FIGURE OF PUXIAN

Estimated Value:

2.000 € - 3.000 €

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Description:

China, late Ming dynasty
H. 29,5 cm
Seated on the back of a caparisoned elephant reclining on an oval pedestal with both hands holding a scroll, wearing various garments including a wide-sleeved mantle, bejewelled, her face displaying a meditative expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, her hair combed in a chignon issuing a pair pf long tresses falling down her shoulders and secured with an elaborate crown.
From the estate of the famous German painter Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865 - 1926), probably acquired on one of his journeys in the late 19th century, by descent within the family - Wear, slightly chipped

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