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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 591

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN, TANG DYNASTY
Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 USD

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN
TANG DYNASTY
唐 銅鎏金天王立像

standing with the proper right hand raised, the fingers splayed and likely once holding an attribute, the other lowered and holding
a knotted club firmly in front of the body, the hair in wild upward-oriented tufts above a fiercely modeled face with bushy brows,
bulging eyes and mouth agape with fangs, the muscular body outfitted in belted short trousers, modern stand, Japanese wood box
(5)

Height 4¾ in., 12 cm

Provenance
Collection of James (1913-1990) and Marilyn (1925-2019) Alsdorf.
Sotheby's New York, 23rd-24th March 1998, lot 529 (part lot).

來源
詹姆斯（1913-1990）及瑪麗蓮（1925-2019）阿爾斯多夫伉儷收藏
紐約蘇富比1998年3月23至24日，編號529（其一）

Literature

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