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A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN KING
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

The fgure represents Vaisravana, the Guardian King of the North, holding
a stupa in his raised left hand. He wears elaborate armour with a celestial
scarf billowing above his shoulder and trailing down his sides. His face wears
a wrathful expression below the openworked crown and topknot. There are
traces of lacquer.
20º in. (51.5 cm.) high

£2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,200
€2,600-3,800

PROVENANCE:

Private European Collection acquired in the 1970s and 1980s.

The stupa represents the body of the Buddha, both his spiritual body and his
person, as well as his Law.

明 銅漆金護法天王立像

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF A EUROPEAN NOBLE FAMILY
(LOTS 179-181 INCLUSIVE)

歐洲重要私人珍藏 (拍品第179號至181號)

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE PAINTED ENAMEL SQUARE DISHES
18TH CENTURY

The interior of each dish is delicately enamelled with an elegant lady seated

on a garden stool by a table, with two young boys standing beside her. The

underside is decorated with a shou-character roundel surrounded by fve bats,

enclosed within a foral border with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang.

9 in. (23 cm.) wide (2)

£3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,000
€3,800-6,300

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PROVENANCE:

Property from the collection of a European noble family.

清十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯仕女圖方盤一對

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