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TWO GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF KING FORMS OF
A GILT-BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND WOOD COVER
China, Yongshi Zhibao impressed seal mark, 17th/18th century PADMASAMBHAVA
Sturdily cast and standing on a gently splayed, circular foot, the Tibet, 19th century
compressed globular form with gently rounded sides rising to a Each cast in typical King appearance wearing laymen’s flowing attire
slightly flaring, flat rim, flanked by paired lion-mask handles, the and seated in lalitasana on a single lotus pedestal, the stern features
surface of a rich coppery brown with traces of gilt, the matched adorned with curling moustache and goatee, the first, Pema Gyalpo,
hongmu cover with lotus finial. wearing a conical hat with five-pointed diadem and half-vajra finial,
15.2cm (6in) wide holding a drum in his right hand and a gold mirror in his left, the
second, Logden Chogse, also with conical hat with five-pointed
£1,000 - 1,500 diadem, the right hand holding a drum, the other implement missing;
together with a seated figure of Guanyin, China, late Ming Dynasty.
HK$10,000 - 15,000 The largest: 19cm (7 1/2in) high (3).
CNY9,000 - 13,000
Provenance £700 - 1,000
The Oliver Robert Coales Collection, acquired during Mr. Coales’ HK$7,100 - 10,000
career in the British Consular Service in China between 1901 and CNY6,300 - 9,000
1926, and thence by descent.
Provenance
The Oliver Robert Coales Collection, acquired by Mr Coales when
working and travelling in Eastern Tibet in 1916-17, and in China
between 1901 and 1926, and thence by descent.

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