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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 315

A COPPE R ALLOY FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN WITH COPPER INLAY, TIBET, 13TH CENTURY
Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN WITH COPPER INLAY
TIBET, 13TH CENTURY

Height 7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm)

the guardian wearing a helmet with the flaps pinned up, dressed in finely incised layered armor with a hem of copper inlay, the
sleeves long and draping, the chest showing lotus roundel breast plates, the belt along the waist decorated with a wrathful face,
the skirt pleated and swaying to the side

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13711.

Provenance
Private European Collection

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