PF1317

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Lot 33
  • 33

Statuette de Lama en bronze doré Haute Mongolie, Dolannor, XVIIIE siècle

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Gilt-bronze
assis sur un coussin finement incisé, vêtu d'une longue robe brodée et de la coiffe pointue, la main gauche en vitarka mudra, la base à décor de deux vajra croisés formant une rosace, scellée

Provenance

Acquired from Galerie Kleykamp, Amsterdam, in the 1940's.
Thence in the family by descent.

Condition

The based sealed but opened in the past, the copper plate warped. The attribut held in the figure's left hand missing. Some very minor wear to the gilding which has been polished to a high gloss.
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