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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Details
A Small Bronze Figure of a Guardian
Tang dynasty (618-907)
Cast in the round as a muscular figure wearing a dhoti tied at the waist and a long celestial scarf over the shoulders, standing on a rockwork base with arms in a threatening position; together with a small gilt-bronze lion, 6th century, seated with left front paw raised, with fine incised hair markings on the mane and tail
3 5/8 and 1½in. (9.5 and 3.8cm.) high, one stand, one box
Falk Collection nos. 532 and 539. (2)
Tang dynasty (618-907)
Cast in the round as a muscular figure wearing a dhoti tied at the waist and a long celestial scarf over the shoulders, standing on a rockwork base with arms in a threatening position; together with a small gilt-bronze lion, 6th century, seated with left front paw raised, with fine incised hair markings on the mane and tail
3 5/8 and 1½in. (9.5 and 3.8cm.) high, one stand, one box
Falk Collection nos. 532 and 539. (2)
Provenance
Guardian: Mathias Komor, New York, September 1943.
Lion: Harry Nail, San Fransisco, 1964.
Lion: Harry Nail, San Fransisco, 1964.