Lot 202
CELADON AND BISCUIT FIGURE OF XUAN WU
MING DYNASTY
Auction: 16 May 2018 at 17:00 BST
£1,125
Description
the God of the North shown striding on a tall rocky plinth with his long, loose robes open at the chest revealing the armour beneath, covered overall in a bright green glaze with fine crackles apart from the head and shoulder left in the biscuit
Dimensions
17cm high
Footnote
Note:
For a similar celadon and biscuit figure of Xuan Wu, however in seated pose, see Christie's sale in their London rooms on 13th May 2016, lot 522, sale 12290.