Lot 1436, A Fahua figure of a daoist immortal, Ming dynasty. Estimate USD 4,000 ~ 6,000. Photo: Sotheby's.

possibly depicting Jiutian xuannü (Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens), seated on a high-back throne raised on a plinth, holding a double-gourd in the left hand, fitted to a wood stand (2). Height 8 7/8  in., 22.6 cm

Provenance: Collection of Martha Baird Rockefeller, 1971.
Sotheby's New York, 11th-12th October 2005, lot 41.

Sotheby’s. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art New York, 19 mars 2016, 10:00 AM