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FINE AND LARGE POLYCHROME PAINTING ON SILK OF A DEITY, CHINA, MIDDLE MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The painting is decorated in ink and colour on silk, depicting a Deity who is portrayed with his celestial crown and dressed in formal clothes seated on a stone bush, surrounded by two guardians holding a standard and a sword on the top, and in the front by two celestial attendant officers, all observing on the ground a turtle entwined in combat with a snake between rocks and shrubs. The surface with wears and losses, folds and stains, as visible from the images.
127 cm high, 67 cm wide
127 cm high, 67 cm wide
ESTIMATE € 4.000 - 6.000
Provenance: from the private collection of an Italian gentleman and thence by descend, in the property since the 50ies
LOTS
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FOUR MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, HOKUSAI SCHOOL, JAPAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY (4)
FOUR MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, HOKUSAI SCHOOL, JAPAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY (4)
ESTIMATE € 200 - 500