A fine-gilt bronze figure of Begtse

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Result:

7.122 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Mongolia, 18th/ 19th cent.
H. 18,3 cm
Standing in pratyalidhasana on a separate cast lotus base trampling on a horse and figure, his right raised hand holding the sword while the left a human heart, wearing armour, wide-sleeved tunic, skirt, scarf floating around his shoulders, a pair of boots, his face displaying a wrathful expression with bulging eyes below raised bushy eyebrows, his red coloured flaming hairdo secured with a tiara decorated with skulls and a pair of floating ribbons, unsealed.
Important South German private collection assembled between 1956 and 2004, coll. no. 41, according to handwritten note on the collection card acquired by Ostasiatica Kuo in Berlin - Minor traces of age, sword blade and a sword possibly replaced

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