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A LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD A RARE BRONZE FIGURE TWO RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURES
FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN DEITY OF A FOREIGNER OF GUARDIAN KINGS
Qing Dynasty Kangxi Qianlong
The warrior clad in a finely-carved armour The bearded Asiatic foreigner standing astride The figures finely cast as Virudhaka and
over billowing robes, the midriff with a fierce with his left arm raised and right hand resting Dhiritarashra, both seated in lalitasana on a
mythical-beast mask girdle, the left hand on his hip, dressed with ornate jewellery and a rocky base, wearing ornate suits of armor
resting on his hip, the right hand resting on sash tied across the rotund belly above a tunic finely incised with interlocking patterns of
a sword hilt, the face with a stern expression with long flowing ribbons, the face with bulging chain-mail and billowing scarves around the
beneath an elaborate helmet, wood stand. eyes, bushy eyebrows and flaring nose, the left arms, the former with a bearded face and
110cm (43 1/4in) high. (4). ear with an earring, the hair finely incised and bulging eyes surmounted by a foliate diadem,
held in place by a diadem. grasping a snake and a pearl; the latter with
£10,000 - 15,000 30.5cm (12in) high. the left hand raised in vitarkamudra, the right
CNY89,000 - 130,000 open and resting on his leg.
£6,000 - 8,000 Each 16.8cm (6 5/8in) high (2).
清 木漆金增長天王立像 CNY53,000 - 71,000
£18,000 - 24,000
Provenance: an Italian private collection 清康熙 銅胡人樂舞像 CNY160,000 - 210,000

來源： 意大利私人收藏 Provenance: a distinguished European 清乾隆 銅鎏金護法天王坐像 一組兩尊
private collection
Provenance: Nils Nessim (1916-1974),
來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏 collection nos.253 and 257
Sotheby’s Olympia, London, 11 December
2003, lot 528
A distinguished European private collection

來源：
Nils Nessim 先生(1916-1974)收藏，藏品編號
253及257
2003年12月11日於倫敦蘇富比奧林比亞拍賣，
拍品528號
顯貴歐洲私人收藏

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