ID 395509
Lot 1532 | A RARE LARGE POLYCHROME FRESCO
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The fresco fragment is painted with a female deity, probably Xiwangmu, wearing a tiara centered with a peacock, and seated in a chariot drawn by a phoenix and traveling over clouds. She is surrounded by all seven female attendants, two holding up peacock feather fans over the head of the deity, one holding a tripod censer and one proffering a tray of peaches. The scene is painted in bright red, green and blue pigments, with details picked out in raised gesso.
49 ½ in. (125.73 cm.) high x 35 in. (88.9 cm.) wide, excluding softwood frame
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