AN ENQUIRING EYE: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADAKINI
THE FIGURE TIBET, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
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Price Realised USD 8,750
Estimate
USD 6,000 - USD 8,000
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The tangs below the feet are replaced. There is a small loss to the lower edge of the lotus base at back and a small dent with associated short stress crack at the proper left side of the lower edge of the lotus base. There are a few pinhole losses to the lotus petals at the front of the lotus base. There is an area of wear to the side of the proper right leg, where it meets the sash. Few areas of wear to the gilding including to the sash and both upper elbows. There is a clear coding applied to the hair on the front and back of the head. Darkish accretion in recessed areas. Lotus base possibly of a later date and associated.
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Lot 63Sale 19016
THE FIGURE TIBET, 15TH-16TH CENTURYA GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADAKINIEstimate: USD 6,000 - 8,000
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