Lot 46
Lot 46
TWO JAPANESE GILT-BRONZE VAJRAS

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 4,000
Estimate
GBP 2,000 - GBP 4,000
Closed: 5 Aug 2020
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TWO JAPANESE GILT-BRONZE VAJRAS

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 4,000
Closed: 5 Aug 2020
Price Realised GBP 4,000
Closed: 5 Aug 2020
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Each vajra has a bulbous shaft with twin bands of waisted lotus petals that terminate at each end in various prongs.
Each 6 in. (15.2 cm.) long, stands
Provenance
By repute, Collection of Henry Harrison Getty (1838-1919)
By repute, Collection of Alice Getty (d.1946).
By repute, Collection of Courtenay Charles Evan Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (1867-1934)
By repute, Collection of Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949).
By repute, Collection of Professor and Mrs Bellerby
Collection of Mark Dineley (1901-1975) and Peter Dineley (1938-2018).
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