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PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION
STATUE DE DIVINITE EN BRONZE DORE
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVEME SIECLE
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STATUE DE DIVINITE EN BRONZE DORE
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVEME SIECLE
He stands in dancing posture on a figure reclining on a lotus base. His right hand holds the drum while the left holds a kapala supporting a miniature animal. He is wearing a skirt, a scarf, a garland of skulls, and is bejewelled. His face displays a severe expression and his hair is secured with a tiara. The base is later incised with some characters; resealed.
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.)
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVEME SIECLE
He stands in dancing posture on a figure reclining on a lotus base. His right hand holds the drum while the left holds a kapala supporting a miniature animal. He is wearing a skirt, a scarf, a garland of skulls, and is bejewelled. His face displays a severe expression and his hair is secured with a tiara. The base is later incised with some characters; resealed.
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.)
Provenance
By repute, acquired in the early 1930s in Asia and thence by descent.
Further details
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A DIVINITY
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
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