Lot 4
Lot 4
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN THE UK
A CIZHOU FIGURE OF ZHENWU

15TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 3,750
Estimate
GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000
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A CIZHOU FIGURE OF ZHENWU

15TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 3,750
Price Realised GBP 3,750
Details
The deity is painted in dark and russet brown on a white slip. He is modelled with long robes that fall open at the chest revealing armour and that are embellished with a moulded dragon. He is seated on a throne on a rectangular waisted plinth with a snake-coiled tortoise is at his feet.
11 ¾ in. (30 cm.) high


Provenance
From a private collection in the UK, acquired in London in the 1980s-1990s
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Lot Essay

Zhenwu, The Supreme Emperor of the Dark Heaven, is the Daoist deity of the North. The tortoise and the snake, motifs associated with the north and winter, are frequently depicted with him.
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