11 janvier 2016
Taoist deity, China, 1500-1700
Taoist deity, China, 1500-1700, wood with renmants of painting. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Photo © Alain R. Truong
Detail. Photo © Alain R. Truong
The modeling of this deity's face is exceptionnally smooth and sophisticated. On her crispy carved clothing aére the renmats of what once would have been a rich decoration in colours and gold.
She may have hled a bowl in her raised hands. It is possible that she once formed part of a larger group of figures around a central deity.
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