Lot 136* - A183AS Asian Art: Himalaya, China - Tuesday, 05. December 2017, 10.00 AM
FINE FIGURES OF THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS.
Mongolia, 18th c. Height 18.5 cm.
Cast bronze (heads and hands) and gilt copper repoussé. They watch over all four cardinal directions and protect the world and the buddhist faith. Two base plates replaced.
Provenance: German private collection since about 25 years. Exhibited from 2008-2013 at the Museum of Asian Art Berlin.
Compare: Chang Foundation (ed.), Buddhist Images in Gilt metal, Taipeh 1993, S. 160-167.
Compare: Chang Foundation (ed.), Buddhist Images in Gilt metal, Taipeh 1993, S. 160-167.
精美的四大天王像。
蒙古，18世紀，高18.5釐米。
青銅鑄天王像，鏨花鎏金工藝。四尊天王像各觀看各個方位，寓意鎮守四方，保護世界和守衛佛法，其中兩尊的底板為重配。
來源：德國私人收藏已有近25年，藏品曾於2008年至2013年在柏林亞洲藝術博物館展出。與Chang Foundation收藏的鎏金佛像相似，台北1993年，S. 160-167。
CHF 100 000 / 150 000 | (€ 103 090 / 154 640)
Sold for CHF 120 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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