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A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A SPOTTED DEER, MING DYNASTY
奥地利
2025年10月16日 开拍
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China, 1368-1644, circa mid-15th century. Naturalistically cast as a stag captured in an elegant foursquare stance, the tail pointed, the face with almond-shaped eyes, pricked ears flanked by antlers, the body engraved with stylized spots in the fur formed by circular designs.Provenance: From a prominent European private collection. Condition: Good condition with age-related wear, casting irregularities, rubbing and losses to the gilding, light surface scratches, and old soldering marks to the ears and antlers. The stand shows signs of use with minor losses. The bronze exhibits a rich, naturally developed patina, with traces of ancient lacquer and gilding, and scattered malachite encrustation throughout.Weight: 115.9 g (excl. stand) and 123.8 g (incl. stand) Dimensions: Height 6.2 cm (the figure) and 7.7 cm (incl. stand), Length 6.8 cmWith a neatly fitted wood stand finely carved in openwork with lingzhi, dating from the Qing dynasty. (2)The motif of the deer stretches back to the dawn of Chinese art history. Arguably its finest creative articulation is in the lacquered wood figure of a recumbent deer from the late Spring and Autumn period tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng, excavated in 1978 in Hubei from an intact royal tomb of Zeng, a small state subordinate to Chu. It is illustrated in Zhongguo Wenwu Qinghua Da Cidian. Jinyin yu Shiquan, Shanghai, 1996, p. 153, pl. 004. Like the present figure, it clearly represents the species Sika Mandarinus, the most favored by artisans of all the nineteen species of deer found in China, due to its attractive spotting.The deer has traditionally been an emblem of immortality in China, believed to live to a very great age, and considered the only animal capable of finding the fabled and sacred fungus of immortality, the lingzhi. A picture of a deer is often a rebus for official emolument, due to the similar pronunciation of the two words. Literature comparison:Compare a closely related gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel deer, dated to the Ming dynasty, 11 cm tall, in the British Museum, registration number 1938,0524.668.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2014, lot 86Estimate: HKD 15,000,000 or approx. EUR 2,119,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A naturalistically cast bronze recumbent deer, Ming dynasty, Chenghua period, dated 1474Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and casting technique, likewise depicting a spotted deer (Sika mandarinus), with lacquered splashes, remnants of gilt, and areas of malachite encrustation. Note, however, the presence of an inscription and the larger size in the comparable example.

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