A WOOD FIGURE OF TUDIGONG 17th/18th century The Earth God carved seated wearing a four-sided hat and long cascading robes falling in folds over the legs revealing two slippers, both hands resting on his lap, the face with serene expression flanked by a pair of long pendulous ears, on a velvet stand. 32.4cm (12 3/4in) high. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七/十八世紀 木雕土地公坐像 Published, Illustrated, and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2002, no.109. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號109 The present lot is a depiction of Tudigong (土地公 'Lord of the Soil and the Ground') or Tudishen (土地神 'God of the Soil and the Ground'), also known simply as Tudi (土地 'Soil-Ground'). Similar statues of Tudigong in wood are rare. However, similar examples are found in other materials such as porcelain; see for example, a similar blanc-de-Chine figure, also seated on a low throne and wearing a similar four-sided hat, illustrated by J.Ayers, Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, New York, 2002, p.97, no.48, where the figure is identified as Tudi Shen. Another similar figure in the Fujian Provincial Museum is illustrated in Dehua Wares, Fung Ping Shan Museum, Hong Kong, 1990, no.120. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com