BRONZE FIGURE DAOIST IMMORTAL
P R O V E N A N C E: Property from the Collection of M. L. Sanders, Acquired from a Missionary to Shantung (Shandong) Before 1928, by Repute Before 1905
China, Ming dynasty, 17th Century
High 47,2 cm.
BRONZE FIGURE DAOIST IMMORTAL, standing on a shaped pedestal cast with some scrolling tendrils, his hands holding manuscript and bowl, clad in various garments including a wide-sleeved mantle, its border incised with scrolling, his face displaying a severe expression with slit eyes below raised eyebrows, moustache and beard framing his mouth, his hair covered with a six-ribbed headgear secured with a pin.
道教神明銅立像
明晚期，中國17世紀
尊像頭戴梁冠，濃眉，長鬚髯，面容肅穆寧
靜；著廣袖朝服，舉右手持經冊，左手托盞
於胸前，露履直立於捲莖紋四足方座之上
據現藏家稱原為L.M. Sander藏品，其於
1928年以前購於山東。有些許摩擦痕跡，細 處有磕蹭痕跡
