Sujet

Dated gilt bronze door guardian figure, Wanli period, Ming dynasty, 1614. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Dated gilt bronze door guardian figure, Wanli period, Ming dynasty, 1614. A large gilded cast bronze figure of a door guardian (possibly the Daoist God, Fuxi), with flaring hair headdress still with traces of cinnebar. The figure is holding a small pot or ball in one hand and a pearl or bead in the other. The guardian is seated on a holey square plinth with a long inscription in relief on the reverse recording it was made for the Shang family in the 42nd year of Wanli (ie 1614) and giving the names of the donors who paid for its casting.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1614

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM19B74_141

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

18,1Mo (766,8Ko) / 18,4cm x 24,5cm / 2177 x 2899 (300dpi)

Mots clés

vertical Asiatique religieux Oriental séance arts pays religion métal figure sculpture La Chine art Chinois continent couleur couleur ming endroit siècle doré objet façonné dynastie Dynastie De Ming fonte objet façonné assis 17e siècle Daoism Taoisme Museum of East Asian Art portrait object Unknown bronze bronze object portrait