Asian Art I - 15th November 2016
Lot 36
A PAIR OF LARGE TIBETO-CHINESE GILT COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURES OF LAMAS 18TH CENTURY Both sitting...
Estimate £8,000 - £10,000
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Description
A PAIR OF LARGE TIBETO-CHINESE GILT COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURES OF LAMAS
18TH CENTURY
Both sitting with their right hands raised, their robes engraved with stylized foliage and flowers, their heads ungilded, the enclosed bases with religious content and decorated with a single band of lotus, 41cm. (2)
Provenance: formerly in the collection of Larry Ellison, Hawaii, purchased at Sotheby's, New York, 9-10 October 1987, lot 131A.