CHINA, 17th CENTURY - Lot 58

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CHINA, 17th CENTURY - Lot 58
CHINA, 17th CENTURY Gilded bronze statuette depicting a seated Tao god holding the mistletoe blade. On a rectangular base. H. 11 cm (Missing part of the headdress) Provenance Private collection of Monsieur Auguste Gérard (1852-1922), French ambassador to China (1893-1897) and Japan (1907-1913). Then by descent to the current owner. Lot possibly mentioned as "gilded bronze Buddhist bishop" in the fourth line (p.2) of the inventory of objects entrusted by Monsieur Auguste Gérard, French ambassador to Tokyo, to M. Paul du Toict, Bould. du Régent 25 in Brussels in 1906. An anonymized copy of the page concerning this lot may be delivered to the buyer. Note Viscount Paul du Toict (1847-1909) was a member of the administrative committee of the Société Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, which organized art exhibitions. He was also former president of the Belgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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