Engraved on the reverse Tu Wei-Cheng in Chinese and English, titled BG6560, Numbered AP1

PROVENANCE:
Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei

EXHIBITED:
The Beauty and Mystery of Bu Num Civilization Revealed: Tu Wei-cheng Solo Exhibition, MoCA, Taipei, Auguest 8-September 28, 2003

ILLUSTRATED:
The Beauty and Mystery of Bu Num Civilizaiton Revealed, Tu Wei-cheng published, 2003, color illustrated

This sculpture is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei.

This fragment of sculpture depicts part of a religious ceremony, with a human figure standing on a mysterious piece of ceremonial apparatus. It is one of very few remains to be unearthed that show a frontal view of a ceremonial scene. The creature shown in the bottom right hand corner is a depiction of the deity Gewuwenggong embodied in animal form. According to legend, Gewuwenggong is a god with the head of a human being and the body of a snake. Peaceful and gentle, this deity controls the life-force of the Yinjizhi sacred beings. (The description given above is an excerpt from the exhibition catalog)