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LOT 2364

Chinese Gilded Wooden Temple Figure

LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.

12 1/4 in. (2.5 kg, 31 cm).

Carved in the round seated on a low bench with high openwork back on a square dais, with gilt detailing to the robes and cap and chair-arms formed as dragon-heads; left hand supporting a stack of three boat-shaped ingots; right hand holding a ruyi sceptre. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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LOT 2364

Chinese Gilded Wooden Temple Figure

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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