Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN, TANG DYNASTY
Auction Closed
September 23, 08:35 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN
TANG DYNASTY
唐 銅鎏金天王立像
the figure cast in full body armor stepping on a small kneeling figure, with a high topknot, fierce expression, curly mustache and shorn beard, the celestial sashes billowing about the body, all raised on an integral naturalistic base, mounted on a modern stand, Japanese wood box (3)
Height 3¼ in., 8.3 cm
Compare a related bronze figure of a guardian standing atop a demon, from the collection of Langdon Warner, attributed to the Tang dynasty, illustrated in Chinese Buddhist Bronzes: A Loan Exhibition, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1950, cat. no. 89