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Lot 273
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA
Estimated Value:
10.000 € - 15.000 €
Schätzpreis:
50.000 €
Description:
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th c.H. 17,6 cm
Seated astride the caparisoned lion reclining on a lotus base with his roaring head facing the viewer, showing painted double row of teeth and fangs, painted manes and tail, Vaishravana's right hand demonstrating a form of vitarkamudra originally holding the banner while his left hand is supporting the mongoose, wearing armour, tunic with flaring sleeves, skirt, boots, scarf floating around his shoulders, his face displaying a fierce expression with protruding eyes below raised eyebrows, pouting lips, goatee, beard, elongated earlobes with large ear ornaments, his blue coloured hairdo combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara, resealed.
From an old southern German private collection, supplemented by inheritance in the 1950s and acquisitions in the 1960s to the 1980s - Slightly chipped, minor wear
