明十七世紀 銅鎏金魁星立像

the deity standing with one foot on a mythical fish, holding an ingot in his left hand and his right raised over his head, his face with fierce expression, wearing a dhoti and a scarf billowing across each arm, on a hexagonal base

This bronze is in reasonably good condition, but has lost the tip of the thumb to the right hand and there are numerous area of rubbing and loss to the gilding throughout. There are minor nicks and surface scratches consistent with age throughout.
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