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明晚期 米黃釉關帝坐像
Provenance: Bluett and Sons Ltd., London
Mrs Joan C.P. Barrow (d.1987)
A European private collection, and thence by descent
來源:倫敦古董商Bluett and Sons Ltd.
Joan C.P.Barrow (1987年去世)夫人
歐洲私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今
Joan Barrow was a client of Bluett's, London and an active collector from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s; for more information see R.Davids and D.Jellinek, Provenance, Oxford, 2011, p.62.
Guandi (162-220), also known as Guan Yu, originally was a heroic general of the Period of Three Kingdoms. Over the centuries, Guan Yu's achievements have been largely elaborated. Guan Yu has become the incarnation of the strength to impel, inspire and motivate, interpreted as the God of Wealth, the God of War and the Protector God of Temples. See P. Duara, 'Superscribing Symbols: The Myth of Guandi, Chinese God of War', The Journal of Asian Studies, 1988, vol.47, pp.778-795.
Compare with a related blanc-de-Chine seated figure of Guandi, late Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 11 September 2019, lot 895.