Asian Art I - 17th November 2015
Lot 20
A TIBETO-CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF PROTOTYPICAL SHAMVARA 18TH CENTURY Formed in two parts
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £7500
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Description
A TIBETO-CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF PROTOTYPICAL SHAMVARA
18TH CENTURY
Formed in two parts, the figures depicted in yabyum, Shamvara seated in dhyanasana, each wearing a headdress of skulls, raised on a double lotus throne, 16.5cm. (2)
Provenance: from the Estate of George Harwood (d.1985), and thence by descent.