PF1307

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Lot 153
  • 153

Statuette de Yama Dharmaraja en bronze Sino-tibétain, circa 1800

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 EUR
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Description

  • Bronze
brandissant un bâton surmonté d'une tête de mort, représenté debout sur un taureau couché en union avec un humain reposant sur une base lotiforme, la chevelure hirsute, les yeux exorbités, arborant des bijoux précieux dont la roue du dharma en pendentif (3)

Condition

The figure is in good overall condition with his sceptre detaching but still here ; the two leaf-shaped ornaments in his hair are slightly loose ; the base is unsealed and its rim has been pushed in to the right side.
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