A Chinese lacquered wood carving of a deity, 18th/19th
A Chinese lacquered wood carving of a deity. 18th/19th century. Gilt, lacquered, and carved to show the joyful official seated over a dragon horseshoe-back throne, with elaborately decorated robes, hat, and armor, holding a bagged seal or ingot in his right hand.
H: 15 in. PROVENANCE: Formerly private collection of Elke Muller Brockway
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A Chinese lacquered wood carving of a deity. 18th/19th century. Gilt, lacquered, and carved to show the joyful official seated over a dragon horseshoe-back throne, with elaborately decorated robes, hat, and armor, holding a bagged seal or ingot in his right hand.
H: 15 in. PROVENANCE: Formerly private collection of Elke Muller Brockway
