A MING DYNASTY CIZHOU PAINTED FIGURE OF A MAN WITH A PIPA LUTE Ceramic with creamy glaze and paintwork in Cizhou palette China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) The mustached man is sitting on a drum stool and wearing festive attire with and a small coolie hat that is tilting to the side. He is playing a lute, a so-called pipa with a curved neck made in the shape of a Ruyi scepter head. Shape: Figural Weight: 772 gramsDimensions: 29 cm height Condition: very good optical appearance, the head has been reattached and there is a small chip to the hem above his stretched-out foot Provenance: from an American private collectionAuction result comparison: for comparable Cizhou painted figures of the Ming Dynasty see Bonhams, ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS, 15 Nov 2011, SAN FRANCISCO, lot 3319 or Christie’s, The Art of Asia, Online, 29 November - 8 December 2016, Lot 71. 明代磁州琵琶琴師白釉黑底中國, 明代 (1368-1644) 造型:人物造型 重量: 772 克尺寸:高29 厘米 品相:視覺效果非常好,頭部重新被粘過,伸出的那隻脚的脚面有小磕碰