ID 432463
Lot 124 | A RARE SILK BROCADE 'BUDDHIST' ROUNDEL
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
YUAN -EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The brocade is woven in tones of blue, orange, cream and gold with a large, fierce, eight-armed, blue-skinned Buddhist deity Vidyaraja, his dhoti and celestial scarves falling loosely about his body, hair swept out behind him, trident in each hand and carrying attributes including a wheel and a vajra. The bejwelled figure wears a crown, necklaces and snake garlands around his ankles and stands before a ground of flames encircled by a border of vajras.
30 ¼ in. (76.8 cm.) diam.
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