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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 58261, member: 369&quot;]Thank you all for your ideas! I will begin with the suggestion that the figure could be Tibeto-Chinese. As far as I know this term refers to art that was made in China, but depicts subjects of Tibetan Buddhism and is made in a style strongly influenced by Tibetan art. This has occurred in various periods of Chinese history. I attach a picture of a tiny example I have, from Qing dynasty, maybe 18th (or 19th) century.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]14983[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nuff_Said, yes, the garb of the figure looks like Tang to me, too. But as you know Chinese have repeated older iconography again and again, so it could be later of course. I see some significant similarity in general appearance to a late Ming figural joss stick holder ( see here: <a href="http://www.nickpitcher.com/view_item.php?item_id=741" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nickpitcher.com/view_item.php?item_id=741" rel="nofollow">http://www.nickpitcher.com/view_item.php?item_id=741</a>). It shows the same &quot;flying&quot; sleeves of the garment. Also the base is somewhat similar. However, the faces show diffenences in style. Maybe that could be a possible period for my piece.</p><p>From Tang Dynasty, there are not many example of figural bronzes that are not religious, but they exist. One example I have found is the depiction of a sogdian&nbsp; dancer (see on the bottom of this page: <a href="http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/sugd/trade.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/sugd/trade.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/sugd/trade.htm</a> ). The garment, as already said, certainly is typical for tang dynasty. (</p><p>Also for the base I can find similar shapes in Tang dynasty ceramic figures ( <a href="http://www.thecultureconcept.com/circle/a-silk-road-saga-sarcophagus-of-yu-hong-art-gallery-nsw/civilian-official-and-military-officer-tang-dynasty-618-907-ce-excavated-1965-at-yejiabao-gansu-province-three-color-lead-glazed-sancai-earthenware-height-133-5-cm-and-135-5-cm-gansu-prov" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thecultureconcept.com/circle/a-silk-road-saga-sarcophagus-of-yu-hong-art-gallery-nsw/civilian-official-and-military-officer-tang-dynasty-618-907-ce-excavated-1965-at-yejiabao-gansu-province-three-color-lead-glazed-sancai-earthenware-height-133-5-cm-and-135-5-cm-gansu-prov" rel="nofollow">http://www.thecultureconcept.com/circle/a-silk-road-saga-sarcophagus-of-yu-hong-art-gallery-nsw/civilian-official-and-military-officer-tang-dynasty-618-907-ce-excavated-1965-at-yejiabao-gansu-province-three-color-lead-glazed-sancai-earthenware-height-133-5-cm-and-135-5-cm-gansu-prov</a> ; <a href="https://crockerchina.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/sam_0899.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://crockerchina.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/sam_0899.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://crockerchina.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/sam_0899.jpg</a> ). They show these &quot;columns&quot; under the feet of the figures, and in some examples there is also a hole in the middle ( <a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21772/lot/8263/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21772/lot/8263/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21772/lot/8263/</a> ). Also the heavy, &quot;fat&quot; face of my figure looks more like Tang than Ming to me.</p><p>So, to resume, as far as I can get, it is possible that tat the figure could be from Ming, but also from Tang Dynasty, IF it is authentic. Springfield, another characteristic of the casting technique is that the piece os made of at least three parts. The base, the feet with the underside of the garment and the rest of the body were cast separately and joined afterwards. Also there are remains of gilding (on the face, see detail picture).</p><p>Seeing the examples that I show for comparison, what is your opinion?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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