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Lot 6

A BRONZE FIGURE OF GURU DRAGPO

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Result:

3.885 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 16th c.
H. 15,7 cm
Standing in pratyalidhasana on two divinities reclining on the lotus base, his raised right hand holding the hilt of a sword while the left the scorpion, wearing tiger skin, mala of severed heads, bejewelled, his cold-gilded face displaying a fierce expression with protruding eyes, beard framing his chin, elongated earlobes with pierced ear ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a skull and secured with a tiara, resealed.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number BT 102
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Die Kultplastiken der Sammlung S. ,1994 (private print) - Minor wear, traces of age