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An old Chinese bronze statuette, possibly as early as the Ming…
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Auckland
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21-Jan-2014
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An old Chinese bronze statuette, possibly as early as the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor Liu Bei (Xuande) of the Three Kingdoms Period. Seated upon a throne chair, his right hand raised to a jewelled sash at his chest, his robe front decorated with an incised panel replicating embroidery and depicting a horned dragon in a landscape. His beard, moustache and coiffure trail tentacle like over his sternum. Height 38 cm.
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Unclassified