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LOT 1629
Chinese Ming Painted Wooden House God
MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644 A.D. OR LATER
11 in. (1.02 kg, 28 cm high).
Carved in the round gesso-covered wooden figure of Zao Jun seated on a dais wearing floor-length flounced robes and a scholar's cap; his hands inside his voluminous sleeves slotted to accept an offering tray or bowl. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
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