184. GRANDE STATUETTE D'UN OFFICIEL EN BRONZE DORÉ Dynastie Ming A LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL Ming Dynasty Standing on an angular base with hands held in front holding a ceremonial tablet, wearing long flowing robes tied at the waist and cascading into neat pleats over his feet, the round face hidden behind a long beard, wearing an official's hat. 41.6cm (16 3/8in) high. 明 銅鎏金人物立像 Provenance: Collection of Fritz Rumpf (1856-1927), Potsdam, acquired from his estate 來源： 波茲坦Fritz Rumpf（1856-1927）珍藏 現藏家得自上述來源 This figure represents one of the Three Great Emperor-Officials (sanguan dadi) comprising the Heavenly Official (tianguan), the Earthly Official (diguan) and the Water Official (shuiguan). A very similar figure of shuiguan, in the Chang Foundation, Taipei, was included in the exhibition Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei, 1993, pp.178-179, no.82.