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A SUPERB KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE
The concave oval face with conical copper eyes and slender nose on central brass cross, the mouth as three stippled lozenges above a stippled zigzag band, the quadrants with diagonal strips of copper and brass, the crescent crest above with incised cross-hatched, zigzag and grooved ornament, cross-hatched ornament to the copper-covered side panels with cylindrical brass-covered projections below, brass band with cross-hatched ornament about the neck, pierced lozenge-shaped body, raised rectangle on the back, native riveted repair to crack at the back, on Inagaki base
21½in. (54.5cm.) high
The concave oval face with conical copper eyes and slender nose on central brass cross, the mouth as three stippled lozenges above a stippled zigzag band, the quadrants with diagonal strips of copper and brass, the crescent crest above with incised cross-hatched, zigzag and grooved ornament, cross-hatched ornament to the copper-covered side panels with cylindrical brass-covered projections below, brass band with cross-hatched ornament about the neck, pierced lozenge-shaped body, raised rectangle on the back, native riveted repair to crack at the back, on Inagaki base
21½in. (54.5cm.) high
Provenance
Frank Crowninshield, New York
H.F. Sachs Gallery, New York, 1940
Mrs. George W. Crawford
H.F. Sachs Gallery, New York, 1940
Mrs. George W. Crawford