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Lot 45

A RARE GROUP OF SEVEN PARTLY POLYCHROME WOOD STUPAS

Estimated Value:

2.000 € - 3.000 €

Result:

incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, 17th/ 18th c.
H. ca. 27 cm
Six of the seven stupas are similarly sculpted, showing each a square base decorated with gesso emblems, surmounted by stairs to reach the domed-shaped container, each with a niche containing a painted mantra in Lantsha script and topped with the tiered parasol and the last stupa with bell-shaped container
Important German private collection, collected in the 1970s and 80s, mainly acquired from Schoettle Ostasiatica, Stuttgart - Partly chipped or with minor damages