Lot 199
  • 199

STATUETTE DE DAMO EN BOIS LAQUÉ DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIE SIÈCLE |

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Wood, lacquer
  • 20 cm, 7 7/8  in.
allongé, la tête inclinée reposant sur le bras accoudé à une table basse, le bras gauche protégeant un petit qilin

Provenance

Spink & Son Ltd., London.
The Plesch Collection (Ws18) (according to label). 
Christie's London, 3rd November 2009, lot 174.

Literature

Spink & Son Ltd., London, Bamboo and Wood Carvings of China and the Far East, 1979, p. 33, cat. no. 178. 

Condition

There is a ca. 2.5 cm long chip to the tip of the robe near the right foot that has been restuck, and another one of a ca. 2.5 cm next to it. There are minute chips to the tips of the curled beard. There are some scattered natural age cracks. The figure is covered in a rich dark chocolate patina.
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