A green and yellow glazed roof tile figure of a warrior, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
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One of the heavenly ministers seated with a libation cup in his hand. Height 34,5 cm.
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Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Danish Archaeologist, Ethnographer, Art Collector and Museum Director Werner Jacobsen (1914-79). Jacobsen studied archeology and participated 1938-39 in the Danish Royal Geografic Societys Expedition to Mongolia under the lead of Henning Haslund-Christensens.
During the years 1946-59 he lived in India and Nepal and acquired many pieces for National Museum in Denmark, The Royal Library, the Moesgård Museum and himself. He set up a scientific center in Kathmandu, Nepal and later in Denmark where he organized all the material and information he had gathered.
In 1940-45 he was employed the Danish National Museum, in 1961 he became Museum Director for the Etnografic Collection. 1963-78 he was the head of the information and educational Department at the Museum. The collection was acquired from Werner Jacobsen as a whole when he sold it to gather funds for new expeditions. Thence by descent to the present owner.
More information
The yellow colour were for imperial buildings or buildings that were under the imperial orders protection. This piece is according to writing by W Jacobsen from a Tempel by Kwei-hua-cheng, that was built by the emperor to a Lama that had cured the empress from an illness. He also write that in this particular tempel he got to see an armour that was said to have belonged to the famous Mongolian Emperor Kublai Khan.
