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LOT 2059
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Kubera Statue
20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 1/2 in. (4.15 kg, 32 cm).
Seated cross-legged in virasana on a lotus flower dais, right hand holding a conch and the left resting a mongoose, wearing a samghati adorned with floral motifs, his face with a meditative expression and with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, aquiline nose, with curled ringlets forming the beard, elongated earlobes, tiered crown and diadem surmounted by a flame, with amethyst studs.
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1990-2000.
Ex London, UK, collection of Oriental art.
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LOT 2059
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Kubera Statue
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Tibetan Gilt Bronze Bracelet with Demon
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Penannular in plan, facing mask with pelletted band to brow, open mouth with fangs and long extended tongue. 191 grams, 65 mm
Ex Summer Fine Art & Antiques, 18 July 2015. Property of a French collector. -
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Kubera Statue
20th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Seated cross-legged in virasana on a lotus flower dais, right hand holding a conch and the left resting a mongoose, wearing a samghati adorned with floral motifs, his face with a meditative expression and with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, aquiline nose, with curled ringlets forming the beard, elongated earlobes, tiered crown and diadem surmounted by a flame, with amethyst studs. 4.15 kg, 32 cm
London, UK, art market, 1990-2000. Ex London, UK, collection of Oriental art. -
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile
Song Dynasty, 960-1279 A.D. or laterEstimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Rectangular in plan with recessed scrolled arch, figure modelled in the half-round of a female musician with pipa (Chinese lute), flowing robes with billowing ribbons to the sides. 6.5 kg, 33 cm
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
