TAJAN
219
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SET OF EIGHT STATUETTES
See original version (French)
219
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SET OF EIGHT STATUETTES
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €700
Voluntary lot
Description
SET OF EIGHT STATUETTES
carved from wood and inlaid with metal wires, depicting the Baxian (the Eight Taoist Immortals), with eyes inlaid with brown horn; each statuette is identified by a handwritten label affixed to the base.
(Cracks).
Southern China-Vietnam, late 19th–early 20th centuries.
EIGHT CARVED WOODEN BAXIAN FIGURES, SOUTHERN CHINA-VIETNAM, LATE 19TH–EARLY 20TH CENTURIES.
HEIGHT: 29.5 CM (11 5/8 IN.)
Provenance
Brought back from Indochina in the early 20th century by Mr Richard, an administrator.
See original version (French)
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