Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
Property from a Canadian Private Collection
A large stone head of an official, Ming dynasty | 明 石雕文官首像
Auction Closed
March 17, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A large stone head of an official
Ming dynasty
明 石雕文官首像
well carved with a solemn expression, the rounded oval face with downcast eyes and gently curved brows arching down to a sharp nose, with full lips and rounded cheeks, donning a guan featuring a central tablet set behind a ruyi head and flanked by celestial motifs, mounted on stand (2)
Height 21 ¼ in., 54 cm
C.C. Lai Chinese Antique Ltd., Toronto, 16th June 2007.
來源
C.C. Lai Chinese Antique Ltd.，多倫多，2007年6月16日
Compare a closely related stone head of an official, wearing the same official cap and rendered with similar facial features, attributed to the Yuan/Ming dynasty, sold at Christie's New York, 20th September 2004, lot 138. See also two related cast iron examples with similar headdresses, from the Avery Brundage Collection, attributed to the Ming dynasty, published in René-Yvon Lefebvre d’Argencé, Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture in the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 1974, cat. nos 165 and 166.