Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
29-30 November 1920
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/461
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    71 72 73 Omi-to Fo (Skt. Anitabha): A gilt bronze figure seated in the meditative attitude, the lotus thalamus separated ; the title in the head-dress ; 11% in. high (2) Omi-to Fo: Another, seated in the meditative attitude on a square throne with pierced sides, dated K’1mn LunG 35™ year=1770; with halo; 8 én. high © (2) A Taoist Figure of a Man seated, holding a HUN or tablet, gilt brouze ; 103 in. high A Lacquered Wood Screen of the late Sung or early Yiian dynasty, ten panels out of twelve, the two right hand panels missing, originally in the Palace Chih-yei Fu, occupied by the father of the Emperor Kwang Hsii relief details painted in with coloured lacquer of various hues. 4 sae PA —_ / y / series of panels, 1s decorated with LIcHI fruits, Peaches, Per- emblematic devices detached and alternating. The central scene is the theme Cou HsiEN CuineG SHou “The Taoist Genii worshipping SHou LAO the God of Longevity ” who is seated on a crowd of immortals are crossing the TAN, the Taoist Styx, on various mythological animals and frail contrivances, and Mao Nu with her basket of flowers and others, in a bark boat; on his left, seated under a tree is St WANG MU, the fairy of the Kw’En- LUN mountain, with her white goat and maidens with the peaches of immortality, and to her left TUNG FANG So making off with one of the peaches ; below him are the PA HSIEN or Hight Taoist Immortals in a group of eleven, of which those distinguishable are CHUNG-I1-CH’UAN with his fan, LU TUNG-PIN with his sword, How Sign Senc with his toad, LAn T's’A41-Ho with her basket of flowers, CHANG KWwoH with his gourd, ete. At the top of the right hand panel is LAo TszE-on his bull, and Yin Hi with the Sage’s scrolls; these with several other lesser groups complete the wonderful picture. The expressions in the faces are much finer and more delicately wrought than on the eighteenth century screen of a similar character in the South Kensington Museum, and the colours show no failing in their freshness and richness, although the edges of the panels show the effect of time and rather rough usage ; 3 ft. 7k in. high, by 7 ft. 8 in. wide. [See Illustration. Plate I]. thirteen figures in coloured porcelain set in the lacquered wood, , 2 ft. 1 in. by 3 ft. 6 an. Pig K/ Dom
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