A RARE AND UNUSUAL STONE FIGURE OF A BIXIE

Lot 710
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 718926
Lot 710 | A RARE AND UNUSUAL STONE FIGURE OF A BIXIE
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$ 15 000 – 25 000
A RARE AND UNUSUAL STONE FIGURE OF A BIXIE

SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD-TANG DYNASTY, 3RD-9TH CENTURY AD

Possibly functioning as a lamp, the mythical beast with bulging eyes is shown crouching and grasping with its front paws a circular basin-form receptacle decorated with a band of rope-twist design.

5 in. (12 cm.) long, cloth box







Provenance

Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 18 November 1999.
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