A RARE BRONZE FIGURE, POSSIBLY BRAHMA

Estimated Value:

2.500 € - 3.500 €

Result:

incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, late 18th cent.
H. 13,2 cm
Seated astride the hamsa standing on a rocK-shaped base, his right hand holding a club while the left a ritual vase, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders with its streamers encircling the arms and their finials falling behind him, bejewelled, his four-faced head showing the central one with a menacing expression with raised eyes below bushy eyebrows, the other faces more friendly, the hairdo combed in a high conical-shaped chignon and secured by tiaras, the base incised with the vishvavajra-emblem.
From an old private collection in Berlin - Minimal signs of age, base plate slightly dented, old collection numbering

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