A VERY RARE LARGE BRACKET-LOBED GILT-BRONZE `GUARDIAN KINGS` MIRROR

Lot 927
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Lot 927 | A VERY RARE LARGE BRACKET-LOBED GILT-BRONZE 'GUARDIAN KINGS' MIRROR
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$ 200 000 – 300 000
A VERY RARE LARGE BRACKET-LOBED GILT-BRONZE 'GUARDIAN KINGS' MIRROR

MING DYNASTY, EARLY 15TH CENTURY

The back is cast in high relief with the Four Guardian Kings centered by a double-vajra on a ground of curved lotus tendrils, the blossoms interspersed with auspicious emblems and 'Om ah hum' mantras inscribed in Devanagari above the figures. The reverse is encircled by a continuous border of 'Om Mane Padme Hum' mantras between beaded rims and petal frieze.

17 ½ in. (44.4 cm.) diam., tielimu stand





Provenance

Madeleine Oesch-Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland, acquired in the 1980s, by repute.

Christie's New York, 17 October 2001, lot 142.
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