A figure of Ondör Gegeen (Zanabazar 1635 - 1723) and figure of Hva-Shang made of polychrome painted papier-mâché, tsha tsha

Description:

Mongolia, around 1900
H. 12,5 - 13 cm
Wood, papier-mâchéé and polychrome colours. Both figures still sealed, the bottom covered with textile, the figure of Zanazabar with red vajra seal. Tsha tsha.
Old and important German private collection, collected from the 1950s until 2007, according to handwritten notes on the collection cards acquired from Knut Netz in Munich - Cf. a very similar figure of the Zanabazar from the Hans Leder (1843 - 1921) collection inventoried in the Museum für Völkerkunde Wien, inv. no. 74664 - Minor traces of age and wear