Antique Chinese Carved Gilt Wood Temple Deity Figure Hair Beard Tiger Base

Description

View Antique Chinese Carved Gilt Wood Temple Deity Figure Hair Beard Tiger Base with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. One hand holds a red-painted staff/scepter-like attribute; gilt highlights remain throughout with expected wear. This seated deity figure — possibly Zhao Gongming (God of Wealth) or a related household protective deity — wears ceremonial robes and an official’s headdress with applied fiber/horsehair beard, a traditional detail found on genuine temple and ancestor-altar figures. He is seated on a base painted with a tiger-stripe motif, a common iconographic element linking the figure to wealth, protection, and authority in Chinese folk religion. One hand holds a red-painted staff/scepter-like attribute; gilt highlights remain throughout with expected wear. This is a devotional object with real age and use — not a modern reproduction. The gilding shows honest losses and flaking, the polychrome has faded and rubbed in areas, and the applied hair beard is uneven with some loose strands, all consistent with genuine long-term temple or home-altar use and handling Category: Antiques › Asian Antiques › China › Figurines & Statues.

Primary Material

Wood

Animal Type

Tiger

Region of Origin

China