Lot 309
  • 309

Dharmatala Arhat, bronze doré Tibet, XVIIIème siècle

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

assis en bhadrasana avec son tigre rugissant à ses côtés, le lohan chaussé de bottes et habillé d'une longue robe ajustée à la taille, sa main droite levée tenant une chattra, une kalasha dans la paume de la main gauche.



Dharmatala seated in bhadrasana with his roaring tiger beside him on the stepped pedestal, the lohan wearing boots and dressed in a long flowing robe tied at the waist with a sash, his right hand held up and holding the handle of a chattra, and with a kalasha supported in the left

Condition

There is a rough area to the top part of the reverse of the base, as if the figure may have been later attached to this base. The patina of the base is different to the figure. Surface scratching and wear to the gilding in various areas.
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