A small bronze placque. Ming dynasty, dated 1566 - image-1

Lot 267 Dα

A small bronze placque. Ming dynasty, dated 1566

Auction 1061 - overview Cologne
04.12.2015, 14:00 - Asian Art II - Chinese Paintings, Decorative Arts, Porcelain and Ceramics
Estimate: 600 € - 700 €
Result: 620 € (incl. premium)

A small bronze placque. Ming dynasty, dated 1566

A small bronze plaque with three Daoist gods and an inscription in relief. Ming dynasty, dated 1566.
Height 22 cm; width 11.3 cm

Extremely rare votive plaque with the inscription: A palace Daoist (yuegong daoshi) named Zhang Zhisheng, had this made for his teacher on the first day of the first month of Jiajing 45 (1566). The text includes the wish huangdi wan sui wan wan sui (May the emperor live ten thousand years)

Provenance

Private collection, Western Germany

Literature

Compare: Sheila Riddell, Dated Chinese Antiquities 600-1650, London 1979, p. 146-147, no. 133 (plaque of cast iron, dated 1590)