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LOT 2184
Large South East Asian Bronze Mortuary Vessel
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (5.14 kg, 18.5 cm wide).
Comprising a broad square base with pelleted rim and foliage in low relief supporting a cuboid block; to three faces, a shallow recess with cadavers and squatting figure with three heads, to fourth face an integral gourd with socketted rim above and central void; to the forward edge of the base a cadaver flanked by two crouching figures with hands raised to their mouths, modelled in the round; to the upper face, four partial cadavers radiating from the centre in low relief, with a sitting figure to each corner with hands raised to the face, wearing a zoomorphic headdress; some traces of gilding. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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