Beschreibung:

A RARE LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF SUDHANAMing Dynasty The boy dancing with the left leg raised and bent at the knee, the right hand raised to shoulder level and the left hand swept across the body, the head shaven, the lips parted in a smile, clad in loose flowing robes and trailing shawl, later circular stand. 48cm (19in) high. (2).FootnotesPlease note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明 木漆金善財童子像 Provenance: an English private collection Sotheby's London, 11 November 2004, lot 811 Gerard Hawthorn Ltd. Oriental Art, London Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Gerard Hawthorn Ltd. Oriental Art, Chinese and Japanese Sculpture, London, 2005, no.8 (illustrated on the front cover) 來源：英國私人收藏 倫敦蘇富比，2004年11月11日，拍品編號811 倫敦古董商Gerard Hawthorn Ltd. Oriental Art 展覽著錄：Gerard Hawthorn Ltd. Oriental Art，《Chinese and Japanese Sculpture》，倫敦，2005年，編號8（圖錄封面） The present lot could be a depiction of Sudhana, or Shancai Tongzi 善財童子 (literally meaning 'Child of Wealth'), a young pilgrim who travelled throughout South and Southeast Asia to study with learned masters and celestial bodhisattvas in his quest for enlightenment. In China, he is often shown venerating the bodhisattva Guanyin, whom he visited during his journeys. Compare with a related lacquered wood figure of Sudhana, 15th-17th century, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ac.no.42.25.6, illustrated by A.Priest, Chinese Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1944, p.47, no.65, pl.CXII. See also a related gilt-lacquered wood figure of Sudhana, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 7 June 2021, lot 543.