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Brandt Asian Art Gallery

A Rare Gilt Bronze figure of a Turk or Persian Trader
China
17th century
Size 6in [15cm] excluding stand

Wearing a large coiled turban, with trimmed beard and bushy eyebrows and prominent sharp nose, large booted feet and his hands held up to his chest. The figure wearing full-length flowing robes tied around his upper waist, with incised detailing to cuffs, collar and hem.

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