A KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE

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A KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE
The lenticular face with applied brass panels, the slender nose flanked by applied lenticular eyes with iron pupils, embossed bands of zigzag dots about the border, flared panel to the top of the head with embossed ornament and inset with band of iron tacks, iron ring about the brass-covered cylindrical body, brass covered outstretched arms, cruciform motif carved in high relief to the back of the head, lower body eroded
15½in. ( 39cm.) high

拍品專文

This unusual Kota type has been categorized as style 1.6 by Perrois (1979, p.174, no.170).