SEVEN CHINESE LACQUERED WOOD FIGURES 明或後期 漆木人物雕像七件
SEVEN CHINESE LACQUERED WOOD FIGURES Ming Dynasty and later 明或後期 漆木人物雕像七件 Comprising a set of three gilt-painted figures depicting the God of Weather and two attendants, a gilt-lacquered general wearing moulded armour, a pair of temple guardians, and a figure of Zhang Tianshi wearing green and yellow-painted robes and inscribed to the back, 14 - 21cm high (7) - PROVENANCE: The God of Weather and attendant figures were previously in the collection of Oleg P. Peresypkin, a long-term Ukrainian resident of Shanghai and later Hong Kong; Later inherited by Augustus Fletcher (1928-2020), thence by descent [see image of receipt]. From 1948 to 1958 Gus Fletcher served in the Colonial Police in Malaya, and latterly was Assistant Superintendent of Police and Area Special Branch Officer in the Kuala Pilau and Bahau Police Districts of Negri Sembilan. He was awarded the George Medal in 1957 after a combined police and military operation code-named “Googly” during the Malayan Emergency. He later served the British Government in Hong Kong and New Delhi. 來源： 奧古斯都斯·弗萊徹（1928-2020）舊藏，此後家族傳承。 在1940年代後期及1950年代，奧古斯都斯·弗萊徹曾任馬來亞森美蘭州瓜拉庇勞馬口區的助理警察總監和地區特別支部警員。在馬來亞處於緊急狀態期間，他參與了一次名為「古格利（Googly）」的聯合警察和軍事行動，並於1957年被授予喬治勳章。Click here to share:Request a condition report
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SEVEN CHINESE LACQUERED WOOD FIGURES Ming Dynasty and later 明或後期 漆木人物雕像七件 Comprising a set of three gilt-painted figures depicting the God of Weather and two attendants, a gilt-lacquered general wearing moulded armour, a pair of temple guardians, and a figure of Zhang Tianshi wearing green and yellow-painted robes and inscribed to the back, 14 - 21cm high (7) - PROVENANCE: The God of Weather and attendant figures were previously in the collection of Oleg P. Peresypkin, a long-term Ukrainian resident of Shanghai and later Hong Kong; Later inherited by Augustus Fletcher (1928-2020), thence by descent [see image of receipt]. From 1948 to 1958 Gus Fletcher served in the Colonial Police in Malaya, and latterly was Assistant Superintendent of Police and Area Special Branch Officer in the Kuala Pilau and Bahau Police Districts of Negri Sembilan. He was awarded the George Medal in 1957 after a combined police and military operation code-named “Googly” during the Malayan Emergency. He later served the British Government in Hong Kong and New Delhi. 來源： 奧古斯都斯·弗萊徹（1928-2020）舊藏，此後家族傳承。 在1940年代後期及1950年代，奧古斯都斯·弗萊徹曾任馬來亞森美蘭州瓜拉庇勞馬口區的助理警察總監和地區特別支部警員。在馬來亞處於緊急狀態期間，他參與了一次名為「古格利（Googly）」的聯合警察和軍事行動，並於1957年被授予喬治勳章。Click here to share:Request a condition report
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