April 13, 2022 10:00 EST
Asian Arts
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A finely modeled Chinese parcel-gilt and patinated bronze figure of Li Tieguai 部分漆金加画铁拐李铜造像
Late Ming/Early Qing dynasty 明末或清初
The Daoist immortal with powerful visage, wearing two earrings and slender scrolled diadem, having his signature crutch in under left arm, while holding a double-gourd in his raised right hand, a belt of foliage gathering the flowing robes, open to reveal his ample belly and chest, later wood base
H(without stand): 9 1/4 in.
PROVENANCE:
Ji Zhen Zhai Collection
Property from a Private Collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PUBLISHED:
Fang Jing Pei, "Treasures of the Chinese Scholar", New York, 1997, p. 88, fig. 79 (as late Ming Dynasty, 17th century).
Fang Jing Pei "Symbols and Rebus in Chinese Art", Berkeley, 2004, p. 69 B
Sold for $18,900
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
The Daoist immortal with powerful visage, wearing two earrings and slender scrolled diadem, having his signature crutch in under left arm, while holding a double-gourd in his raised right hand, a belt of foliage gathering the flowing robes, open to reveal his ample belly and chest, later wood base
PROVENANCE:
Ji Zhen Zhai Collection
Property from a Private Collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PUBLISHED:
Fang Jing Pei, "Treasures of the Chinese Scholar", New York, 1997, p. 88, fig. 79 (as late Ming Dynasty, 17th century).
Fang Jing Pei "Symbols and Rebus in Chinese Art", Berkeley, 2004, p. 69 B
NOTE:
For other examples of parcel-gilt figural bronzes of the period, see Michael Goedhuis, "Chinese and Japanese Bronzes", London, 1989, #25, for a seated figure of Laozi; see also Michel Maucuer, "Bronzes de la Chine Imperiale des Songs aux Qing", p. 155, no. 105 for a group of the eight Daoist immortals including a figure of Li Tieguai; p.158, no. 112, for a toad-shaped censer surmounted by a figure of Liu Hai; and p. 159, no. 113 for a celestial functionary.
