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TWO CLOISONNE FIGURES
18TH/19TH CENTURY
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TWO CLOISONNE FIGURES
18th/19th century
The larger of a dancing diety, the left hand raised, the palm of the hand raised upward, clad in layered armor with a fish scale design and tiger skins on the shoulders and knees, wearing a peaked cap with a foliate design, set on an oval European style base with foliate swags and raised on four inwardly curved legs; with a smaller figure of a guardian warrior, shown kneeling down on one knee, the right hand raised above the head as if holding a spear, the left hand held up with the palm showing, dressed in scaled armor with a celestial scarf billowing over the shoulders, the armor with turquoise and dark blue enamel
Larger 11 in. (27.9 cm.) high (2)
18th/19th century
The larger of a dancing diety, the left hand raised, the palm of the hand raised upward, clad in layered armor with a fish scale design and tiger skins on the shoulders and knees, wearing a peaked cap with a foliate design, set on an oval European style base with foliate swags and raised on four inwardly curved legs; with a smaller figure of a guardian warrior, shown kneeling down on one knee, the right hand raised above the head as if holding a spear, the left hand held up with the palm showing, dressed in scaled armor with a celestial scarf billowing over the shoulders, the armor with turquoise and dark blue enamel
Larger 11 in. (27.9 cm.) high (2)