A LARGE GILT- AND RED LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF THE DAOIST GUARDIAN MARSHAL MA ON A WOOD PEDESTAL

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8.000 € - 12.000 €

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China, ca. 18th c.
Gesamt-H. 149,5 cm, Figur H. 64,5 cm, Sockel B. ca. 55 cm
Standing in martial posture on a separate richly carved hexagonal-shaped pedestal set on a six-legged throne, his lowered right hand holding a halberd entwined with a snake while the left is supporting a gold brick, wearing armour, wide-sleeved tunic, both fastened with a ribbon around the waist, scarf floating around his shoulders, pair of boots, his face displaying a severe expression with slit eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge and a third eye on the forehead, his head topped with the specific helmet and a large ajour halo behind him carved with the gate of heaven palace and a mirror reserve, pair of dragons and cloud-motifs. On his back an oval opening with cover for votive offerings.
From an old European private collection, assembled prior to 1990 - Very minor wear, minor rep., a part of the scarf missing
Huaguang Dadi is also known as Lingguan Ma Yuanshuai, or Marshal Ma, one of the Four Guardian Marshals of Daoism. The figure that became widely known in the Ming period took the form of a warrior god with three eyes, no beard, a golden brick and wielding a pike or a halberd

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