A polychrome stucco fresco fragment
元/明 彩繪神仙圖壁畫局部
This Yuan to Ming Dynasty polychrome stucco fresco fragment depicts celestial maidens and attendants in elaborate dress against swirling clouds. The work features polychrome pigments with gilded and relief details, exemplifying religious mural painting tradition.
- Medium
- the rectangular panel painted with two celestial maidens, each wearing brightly coloured long flowing robes and elaborate headresses, to their side stands an attendant, similarly attired and holding a canopy, all against a background of swirling ruyi clouds, polychrome pigments with the details gilded and in relief, framed
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Two Americans in Paris, The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers
November 4, 2021
Estimate: $40,000 – $60,000
Lot 354
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