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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A RARE AND UNUSUAL STONE FIGURE OF A BIXIE
SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD-TANG DYNASTY, 3RD-9TH CENTURY AD
Details
A RARE AND UNUSUAL STONE FIGURE OF A BIXIE
SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD-TANG DYNASTY, 3RD-9TH CENTURY AD
Possibly functioning as a lamp, the mythical beast with bulging eyes is shown crouching and grasping with its front paws a circular basin-form receptacle decorated with a band of rope-twist design.
5 in. (12 cm.) long, cloth box
SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD-TANG DYNASTY, 3RD-9TH CENTURY AD
Possibly functioning as a lamp, the mythical beast with bulging eyes is shown crouching and grasping with its front paws a circular basin-form receptacle decorated with a band of rope-twist design.
5 in. (12 cm.) long, cloth box
Provenance
Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 18 November 1999.
Brought to you by
Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist