MING DYNASTY,

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A Pair of Large Glazed Tileworks Processional Figures,
Ming dynasty,
The man holding a black tablet or book, the woman holding a length of cloth, each standing on a bronze-style square base and wearing green, yellow and aubergine robes and a distinctive court hat
32½in. (82.5cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 16 September 1998, lot 374.

Lot Essay

Compare the two similar, but smaller, processional figures excavated from Changzhi, Shanxi province, included in the traveling exhibition from China, Urban Life in the Song, Yuan, Ming, The Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1995, pp. 38-39.

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