A BISCUIT FIGURE OF GUANDI, MING
A BISCUIT FIGURE OF GUANDI, MING
China, 16th-17th century. The finely modelled warlord is seated in full armor on a throne, wearing a helmet, covered with a green, turquoise, brown and aubergine glaze. The face, hands and feet left unglazed. Wooden base. (2)
Condition: Minute chips to foot and backside of helmet, glaze flakes and firing flaws, old wear.
Provenance: Eymery & Cie., Rue St-Honoré, Paris. A private collection, by repute acquired from the above. Old paper label to wooden base, inscribed “Ming 1368-1644”.
Weight: 900.2 g (not including base).
Dimensions: Height 23.5 cm (not including base).
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A BISCUIT FIGURE OF GUANDI, MING
China, 16th-17th century. The finely modelled warlord is seated in full armor on a throne, wearing a helmet, covered with a green, turquoise, brown and aubergine glaze. The face, hands and feet left unglazed. Wooden base. (2)
Condition: Minute chips to foot and backside of helmet, glaze flakes and firing flaws, old wear.
Provenance: Eymery & Cie., Rue St-Honoré, Paris. A private collection, by repute acquired from the above. Old paper label to wooden base, inscribed “Ming 1368-1644”.
Weight: 900.2 g (not including base).
Dimensions: Height 23.5 cm (not including base).
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