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LOT 2351
Chinese Ming Wooden Temple Figure Seated on a Horse
MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644 A.D.
11 3/4 in. (703 grams, 29.7 cm).
Carved in the depicting a robed traveller on a donkey; the figure wearing an ankle-length robe and faceted cap, the arms bent and hands pierced to accept reins (now absent); gesso to the surface and remains of red, white and other pigment; hair applied to form the tail; underside with old Cotteril collector's label '2641.160.99 / China / Ming Dynasty / 1550-1600'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Ancient & Oriental in 1999.
Ex Richard Cotteril collection.
Acquired from Mellors & Kirk circa 2008.
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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