Bronze male dancing figure with censerYuan

Manager ID

1076

Title

Bronze male dancing figure with censerYuan dynasty (1279-1368)

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Bronze male dancing figure with censerYuan

Record number

BATEA : 1072

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figure

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metal; bronze; figure; man; censer; Yuan; China; dancer; foreigner; tripod; hair;

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A bronze male dancing figure dressed in long flowing robes with long sleeves tied at the waist with a tasselled belt. The figure is depicted in a dancing position with left knee raised prominently. His left, sleeve-covered arm is raised level with his cheek and holds a tripod censer of typical Yuan form, the right hand is hanging down. The hair has a flat bun on top, a narrow fringe on the forehead and is long at the back to shoulder length. The facial features are non-Chinese with straight prominent nose. The piece is mostly covered with a thick green patina but where absent shows a reddish patination. The figure has a protruding circular plug for fixing to the mother piece group of three bronze figures, two human, possibly of foreigners and one a camel..

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bronze

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fair

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