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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
紳士藏品
Lot 339

A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
Ming Dynasty

2 November 2023, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL

Ming Dynasty
The dignitary crisply cast seated on a raised throne with scrolling feet, his hands held together clasping a hu tablet, clad in long flowing robes, the bearded face with serene expression with hair pulled back beneath an official's cap. 30.5cm (12in) high.

Footnotes

明 銅官員坐像

Provenance: Spink and Son Ltd., London
An English private collection, acquired from the above circa 1960, and thence by descent

來源:倫敦古董商Spink and Son Ltd.,
英國私人收藏,約於1960年從上處購得,並由後人保存迄今

Compare with a related gilt-lacquer bronze figure of a Daoist Deity, late Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 10 November 2017, lot 267.

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