Klubbat för:

3200 SEK

Estimate

3 000-4 000 SEK

Description

A FAHUA GLAZED RIDGE TILE, of Guan Yu riding a horse, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), height c. 34 cm

NOTE:
According to traditional Chinese belief, roofs are platforms of communication between the living and spirit realms. Consequently they were decorated to ward off evil and to act as a magnet for blessings and good fortune.
Guan Yu was a great historical general and hero of the Three Kingdoms Period (AD 221-280) and immortalised in the Ming novel San Guo Yan Yi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms).
He is described as having ´gleaming skin, glistening lips, eyes like the crimson phoenix, brows like nestling silk worms´. His horse is called Red Hare and can cover 1,000 ´li´ (540 km/330 miles) in a day.
This popular hero was deified and known as Guan ´Di´ (emperor). He is both God of War and of Wealth.

Auktionsnummer:

40

Date:

2018-10-22