AN EXTREMELY RARE AND LARGE PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURES OF DAOIST OFFICIALS
MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY
明十六 / 十七世紀 銅文官立像一對
each finely cast as a heavenly official, standing with hands clasped together in front of the chest, wearing voluminous robes, the courtly garment secured with a belt defined in high relief at the back suspending a grid of knotted silk cords securing a pair of bi discs, strands of tessellated beads at the sides, and in the front a long fluttering sash elegantly tied with a looping knot, the pleated garment with borders intricately chased with scrolling foliate and ruyi over ruyi-toed shoes, the full face with a benevolent expression and a long, neatly tapering beard beneath a modest smile, one figure gazing intently frontward, the other with eyes contemplatively downcast, the head surmounted by a ridged cap with a tall foliate-incised backflap and a band in the front depicting a three-peaked mountain flanked by the sun and moon, secured by a hairpin and trailing cords that fall behind the ears crossing at the neck above a lock-form pendant, all raised on a stepped rectangular base with a cusped ruyi-motif in low relief on the apron, traces of gilding, the patina a silvery greenish-gray (2)
Height of figures 68 in., 172.7 cm
落槌价 | 佣金比率 |
0 - 400,000 | 25.00% |
400,000 - 4,000,000 | 20.00% |
4,000,000 - 以上 | 13.90% |