A 'Dehua' figure of Guandi, 17th-18th century

 Lot 304. A 'Dehua' figure of Guandi, 17th-18th century. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's

the deity seated on a tiger-skin draped throne, wearing molded armor beneath a long capacious robe covering the hands and secured by an ornamented belt, the face with a stern countenance beneath a close-fitting official's cap - Height 9 3/4  in., 24.8 cm

From the Collection of Richard Lehman Gray

Note: Compare a similar figure in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, illustrated in P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, pl. 97A.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM