A gilt-ronze of Damcan riding his goat

Description:

Mongolia, 19th cent.
H. 11,3 cm
The protective deity in Central Asian costume rides on a billy goat with intertwined horns, arms outstretched in defence against the evil and the monstrous. Pedestal sealed.
Old and important German private collection, collected since the 1950s until 2007, coll. no. 125 - attributes lost, otherwise beautifully preserved