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LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A Burmese lacquered wood male gong-carrier
late 19th century
Standing with legs slightly bent on a shaped base, his right hand near the abdomen while the left is raised in carrying posture, wearing loin cloth secured by a band with additional cloth at front and back, his long sleeved armour-like shirt set with uncountable small mica fragments, bejewelled, his face with serene expression and his hair combed backwards in a tail
128 cm (50 1/4 in)
late 19th century
Standing with legs slightly bent on a shaped base, his right hand near the abdomen while the left is raised in carrying posture, wearing loin cloth secured by a band with additional cloth at front and back, his long sleeved armour-like shirt set with uncountable small mica fragments, bejewelled, his face with serene expression and his hair combed backwards in a tail
128 cm (50 1/4 in)
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