£1,008
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 713
Auction: 4 November 2022 at 10:00 GMT
明末清初 三彩張果老及漢鍾離八仙人物琉璃瓦(共兩件)
each figure moulded in standing position on an arched tile, Zhang Guolao wearing an officer's crown holding a tube-shaped fish drum in his right hand, and Quan Zhongli holding a fan in his right hand, both similarly holding a peach in their left hands and covered in green, turquoise and aubergine glazes on the stoneware body
Provenance: Collection of the late Mr Theodore Schrire of Cape Town (1906 -1991), thence by inheritance
Note: A closely comparable Daoist figure roof-tile depicting Zhang Guolao, also dated to the late Ming to early Qing dynasty, 16th-17th century, is in the collection of Princeton University Art Museum, object number y1966-46