Lackvergoldete Bronze des Virupaksha auf einem Sockel stehend - photo 1

Lackvergoldete Bronze des Virupaksha auf einem Sockel stehend

Lot 302
12.06.2023 09:30UTC +02:00
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€ 1 800
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Lot 302 | Lackvergoldete Bronze des Virupaksha auf einem Sockel stehend
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€ 1 200 – 1 800
A GILT- AND RED-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF VIRUPAKSHA - China, late Ming dynasty - Standing firmly on a shaped pedestal with his right arm stretched downwards along his body while his left is raised and supporting the base of a stupa, wearing armour, underskirt, tunic, boots and scarf floating around his head, its streamers encircling both arms with their finials curling up, his face displaying a fierceful expression with slit eyes below raised eyebrows, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with an elaborate tiara. - From the collection of the merchant Alfred Julius Forkel (1873-1934), acquired in China before 1910, described in the collector's diary, written between 1901 and 1910, on page 74, no. 10 - Minor wear, small repairs, slightly chipped
H. 28 cm
Auf einem geformten Sockel stehend, den rechten Arm am Körper entlang nach unten gestreckt, während der linke Arm erhoben ist und den Sockel einer Stupa stützt, mit Rüstung, Unterrock, Tunika, Stiefeln und einem um den Kopf schwebenden Tuch, dessen Bänder beide Arme mit ihren aufgerollten Enden umschließen, das Gesicht mit grimmigem Ausdruck und geschlitzten Augen unter hochgezogenen Augenbrauen, das Haar zu einem Dutt gekämmt und mit einem kunstvollen Diadem gesichert.
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