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326 A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN

DALI KINGDOM, 10TH - 12TH CENTURY

the warrior on one knee, the extended proper right hand
brandishing a sword whilst the left hand wields a circular shield
cast in relief with eight blossoms, outfitted with a rounded
helmet topped by a spiraled finial, the domed helmet with a
fish scale pattern above the aventail spreading in neat rows of
lappets behind the head and neck, the elaborate armor modeled
after the characteristic leather and lacquer kits of the Dali
Kingdom, comprising a breastplate with two rosette roundels
and a network of knotted leather straps forming the protective
skirt, a ribbon-tied sash secured at the waist and at the tops of
the pebbled boots, a celestial sash draped over the back and
billowing from the shoulders, the scabbard slung from the belt at
the left hip

Height 6 in., 15.3 cm
大理國 十至十二世紀 銅鎏金天王像

$ 200,000-300,000

Fig. 1 A Gilt-Bronze Guardian of the East, Dali Kingdom. The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York, Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett (2001.7.7)
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
圖一 大理國 銅鎏金東方持國天王像 紐約大都會藝術博物館 Dorothy Graham Bennett
遺贈 (2001.7.7)
圖片版權 : 紐約大都會藝術博物館