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    11 December 2013

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    • STATUETTE D'UN DAM.CAN EN BRON
    Lot 54

    STATUETTE D'UN DAM.CAN EN BRONZE DORE

    TIBET, XVIIIEME SIECLE

    Price realised

    EUR 8,125

    Estimate

    EUR 2,500 - EUR 3,000

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    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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    Post Lot Text

    A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A DAM.CAN
    TIBET, 18TH CENTURY


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