A TURQUOISE, AUBERGINE AND BLACK-ENAMELD FIGURE OF LAOZI ON A BUFFALO
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A TURQUOISE, AUBERGINE AND BLACK-ENAMELD FIGURE OF LAOZI ON A BUFFALO

CHINA, 17TH CENTURY

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A TURQUOISE, AUBERGINE AND BLACK-ENAMELD FIGURE OF LAOZI ON A BUFFALO
CHINA, 17TH CENTURY
The figure shown holding a fan and wearing loose robes tied at the lower chest, seated side-saddle on the back of a buffalo, the beast standing foursquare on a shaped base
9 in. (23 cm.) high, softwood stand
Provenance
C.T. Loo & Company, New York, 12 June 1949.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York, 1949-1960.
Estate of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1960.
Acquired 10 November 1960.
Literature
R. Ellsworth et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Arts of Asia and Neighboring Cultures, New York, 1993, vol III, p. 90, no. 44.
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