Sale 3568
Paris
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11 December 2013
Price realised
EUR 8,125
Estimate
STATUETTE D'UN DAM.CAN EN BRONZE DORE TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE Il est représenté assis sur sa chèvre. Son bras droit tendu brandit un vajra, sa main gauche est posée sur sa cuisse. Il est vêtu d'un manteau incisé de fleurs et de volutes. Son visage est féroce, il porte un chapeau et des boucles d'oreille ; non scellée. Hauteur: 11 cm. (4 3/8 in)
Provenance
Collection of Jacques and Galila Hollander, Belgium, acquired before the mid-1990s
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A DAM.CAN TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
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