Lot Essay
Dhanada, the Northern Lokapala, is the guardian of the North. A finely cast figure close to the present example, was sold in our New York Rooms, 20 September 2005, lot 146.
For other related guardian figures, see a larger one illustrated by Giter & Li Yin, The Beauty of Ancient Chinese Sculptures, December 1995, p. 82, no. 31 ; see also the large gilt-bronze figure of Dhanada in the Fuller Memorial Collection, Seattle Art Museum, illustrated by H. Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, Vermont and Tokyo, 1967, pl. 93
For other related guardian figures, see a larger one illustrated by Giter & Li Yin, The Beauty of Ancient Chinese Sculptures, December 1995, p. 82, no. 31 ; see also the large gilt-bronze figure of Dhanada in the Fuller Memorial Collection, Seattle Art Museum, illustrated by H. Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, Vermont and Tokyo, 1967, pl. 93