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Lot 164

A SOUTH INDIAN TRIBAL BRONZE FIGURE OF A MAN
16TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

The male figure standing facing front-on, with a top-knot of hair, pierced ears, wearing a dhoti, and holding both hands aloft bent at the elbows, the hands with holes indicating that the figure once held something, with a pleasant verdigris patina. On a fitted black wooden base.
The figure 26cm high, 8.5cm wide.

Estimate $2,000 - $3,000

Unsold

The hands possibly missing what they originally held, a small loss to the bronze at the rear of the head, partial loss to both the front and back of the base, various small dents and losses, verdigris oxidisation to the entire piece.


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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.

Asian Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8261
6:30pm - 8 October 2018
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6.30PM AUSTRALIAN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME


CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
asianart@leonardjoel.com.au


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