LATER BRONZES
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED PRIEST
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED PRIEST
18TH CENTURY
Shown seated on a cloth-draped bench with his hands hidden within the voluminous sleeves of his layered, priest's robes, his face crisply cast with a scowling expression and pierced with holes for the insertion of a beard and mustache, his priest's hat with trailing tabs and small knop finial retaining traces of gold lacquer
12in. (30.5cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
Shown seated on a cloth-draped bench with his hands hidden within the voluminous sleeves of his layered, priest's robes, his face crisply cast with a scowling expression and pierced with holes for the insertion of a beard and mustache, his priest's hat with trailing tabs and small knop finial retaining traces of gold lacquer
12in. (30.5cm.) high