拍品 801
801
A BOXWOOD FIGURE OF WEN QUXIN GROUP

细节
A BOXWOOD FIGURE OF WEN QUXIN GROUP
18TH CENTURY

The standing figure leaning to his right side, wearing a long scholar's robe with head lowered and turned to his demon-like servant, escorting his master along a ruyi-cloud ground, age cracks (small losses repaired)
11 in. (28 cm.) high

拍品专文

Wen Quxing is also known as Wen Chang, a historical figure who became deified as God of Literature; and together with Guandi, the God of War, these two popular figures were incorporated into Daoism. Wen Quxing is often accompanied by his assistant, Guixin, a dwarf with the face of a demon who is sometimes portrayed bearing writing tablets.

(US$6,400-9,000)