A GILT-BRONZE DAOIST FIGURE, TANG DYNASTY

A GILT-BRONZE DAOIST FIGURE

TANG DYNASTY

唐 銅鎏金道教人物坐像

seated and supported by an arm rest encircling the front of the body, the proper right hand raised and likely once holding a tablet, the other resting against the curved crest rail, a tall cap set over a high forehead, highly arched brows and a crisply cast nose, a tripartite pointed beard spread over the chest, dressed in voluminous garments and a heavy outer robe falling in thick folds about the seat, the inner garment centered by a long pendent banner-form sash protruding from the pleated hem, the back with a circular aperture, modern wood stand, Japanese wood box (4)

Height 3⅝ in., 9.2 cm