A RARE LARGE POLYCHROME FRESCO

Lot 1532
25.09.2020 14:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 1532 | A RARE LARGE POLYCHROME FRESCO
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$ 20 000 – 30 000
A RARE LARGE POLYCHROME FRESCO

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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