A LARGE WOOD FIGURE OF GUANDI, LATE MING DYNASTY China, 17th century. Elaborately carved seated with one arm raised and the other resting on his knee, wearing full armor as well as a long flowing robe with two confronting dragons at the chest, the face with a serene expression. The back with a rectangular aperture. Provenance: From the collection of Robert Gathorne-Hardy, thence by descent within the same family. The Honourable Robert Gathorne-Hardy (1902-1973) was a British writer, botanist, and horticulturalist. He inherited a well-known art collection through the great Victorian collector John Malcolm, much of which is now in the National Collection. Robert kept some of the Old Master drawings from the Malcolm Collection, which were sold soon after his death at Sotheby's and are referred to as the Gathorne-Hardy Collection. He was also a collector of Chinese art, including paintings, jades, and temple figures. Condition: Fair condition, as expected and fully commensurate with age. Extensive wear and losses, chips to edges. Signs of weathering and erosion as well as wormholes. Natural age cracks and splits. Remnants of pigment. Weight: 7.4 kg Dimensions: Height 56 cm Auction result comparison: Compare a related carved and lacquered wood figure of Guandi, also dated to the 17th century, at Christie's London in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 8 November 2011, lot 240, sold for GBP 30,000. 明末大型關帝木像 中國，十七世紀。關帝坐像，一臂舉起一臂置於膝上，身披鎧甲長袍，胸前衣上雙龍對峙紋，面容安詳。 背面有一個矩形孔。 來源：Robert Gathorne-Hardy收藏，保存在同一家族内至今。Robert Gathorne-Hardy (1902-1973) 是一位英國作家、植物學家和園藝家。 他從維多利亞時代的偉大收藏家John Malcolm那裡繼承了一個著名的藝術收藏品，其中大部分現在都在國家博物館中。 Robert保留了Malcolm收藏中的一些古典大師畫作，這些畫在他去世後不久在蘇富比拍賣行出售，被稱為 Gathorne-Hardy 收藏。 他還是中國藝術品的收藏家，包括繪畫、玉器和宗教造像。 品相：狀況一般，符合預期，與年齡相符。 大面積磨損和缺損，邊緣有碎屑。風化和侵蝕的跡像以及蟲洞。自然年齡裂縫。 繪彩顔料殘留。 重量：7.4 公斤 尺寸：高 56 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件相近的十七世紀漆彩木雕關帝像，見倫敦佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2011年11月8日 lot 240, 售價GBP 30,000。