Bright earthenware with matt brown glaze and polychromatic glaze
China, mid-20th century
Scholar with a red-yellow robe
So-called Shiwan Ware
Partly open-work
Height: 21 cm
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 300 EUR

This ceramic figure represents a scholar or Daoist patron saint and comes from China. The bright earthenware has been glazed in brown and shows a polychromatic glaze. The partially open-worked figure is seated in his red-yellow robe on a pedestal. In his left hand the scholar is holding a green fan. This piece is s so-called Shiwan Ware a type of ceramic, fired in Shiwan kilns. These kilns came from Shiwan, Southern-China in the Ming Period.



The ceramic figure shows signs of age and wear, such as breakages on the foot, the fingers and the hair. The height is 21 cm.

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