A finely modeled Chinese parcel-gilt and patinated bronze figure of Li Tieguai 部分漆金加画铁拐李铜造像 Late Ming/Early Qing dynasty ?????
Sale 6276 - Asian Arts
Apr 13, 2022
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A finely modeled Chinese parcel-gilt and patinated bronze figure of Li Tieguai 部分漆金加画铁拐李铜造像 Late Ming/Early Qing dynasty ?????
The Daoist immortal with powerful visage, wearing two earrings and slender scrolled diadem, having his signature crutch in under left arm, while holding a double-gourd in his raised right hand, a belt of foliage gathering the flowing robes, open to reveal his ample belly and chest, later wood base
H(without stand): 9 1/4 in.PROVENANCE:
Ji Zhen Zhai Collection
Property from a Private Collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PUBLISHED:
Fang Jing Pei, "Treasures of the Chinese Scholar", New York, 1997, p. 88, fig. 79 (as late Ming Dynasty, 17th century).
Fang Jing Pei "Symbols and Rebus in Chinese Art", Berkeley, 2004, p. 69 B
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