CHINESE POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED MODEL OF A DAOIST DEITY
MING DYNASTY
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
明 素三彩道教人物座像 帶木座
decorated in colourful shades of green, yellow, aubergine, turquoise and cream, modelled in seated position on a podium with left leg raised on scrolling clouds, above his shoulders with celestial scarf, face with serious expression with bulging eyes below frowning eyebrows, with carved fitted wooden stand
Dimensions
41.5cm high
Footnote
Both Buddhist and Daoist sancai-glazed stoneware figures were popularly commissioned during the Ming dynasty. A comparable sancai architectural fitting in the form of a seated Buddha with inscription, dated to the Ming dynasty Jiajing period to 1566 AD, is in the collection of the British Museum, registration number: 1927,1116.1. Another comparable Ming dynasty sancai-glazed seated Daoist figure, was in the collection of Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, then sold at Christie's London, 19 Mar 2020, lot 102.