Lot 249. A gilt-lacquered bronze figure of Sun Simiao, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 15 ½ in., 39.3 cm. Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD. Lot sold: 17,640 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the Daoist God of Medicine seated with the right hand resting on the knee and the left hand holding a double gourd in front of the chest, wearing a loose robe and a studded belt over the round belly, the round face with a pointed beard and donning an official's cap, traces of red and black lacquer, wood stand in the form of a throne (2). 

Provenance: Acquired in Nashville, Tennessee, in the early 1990s.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 17 march 2021