A Rare Complete Set of Five Southern Chinese 'Monkey King' Polychrome Decorated Wood & Gesso Folk Art Puppet Heads

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A Rare Complete Set of Five Southern Chinese 'Monkey King' Polychrome Decorated Wood & Gesso Folk Art Puppet HeadsOrigin: Chinese Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 20 Typical Size: Length: 12 inches, Width: 3. 5 inches, Depth: 4 inches Other measurements available on request Likely hailing from Quanzhou of Fujian Province, China, the gesseod and polychrome decorated wooden puppets each depicting a head from the Legend of the Monkey King; Sun Wu Kong (Monkey King), Tang San Zang (Monk of Tang), Zhu Ba Jie (Pig Demon), Sha Wu Jing

The final blow for Walter Potter's collection came with the decision by the proprietors of Jamaica Inn to auction the collection in September 2003

Keith was a pirate of no real note

The period from around 1860 to 1910 is known as the golden age of automata

specialised in church monuments and in 1810 was appointed the Royal Academy's first Professor of Sculpture

The domed and hinged cover intricately worked in high relief with doves amongst scrolls

75 inches each

bottom or top

hall or porch

Top Lid Diameter: 6

Largely discredited now

and intelligent

The black-japanned leather fire bucket painted externally in gilt with sun in splendour heraldic crest and bone to the interior