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Lot 197

A TIBETAN GILT BRONZE DENSATIL-STYLE SUPPORT
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY

Cast with two four-armed Chakrasamvara retinue deities standing in tribhanga pose, one male, holding a mala in the right hand and a kundika in the left, and the other female holding a flower mala in both hands. The deities stand back to back on a kalasa pot, each with two arms raised to support a lotus blossom capital support, the male deity adorned with inset turquoise jewels. Fitted wooden stand.
The bronze 30cm high, 7.5cm wide. With stand 32.5cm high

Estimate $12,000 - $15,000

Sold for $17,000

Wear to the gilding, losses to turquoise inlay. Both figure's noses dinged. Repaired join to the kalasa pot. Small stress crack to one ankle of one figure. Small loss to the flower band that one figure is carrying in the hands. Loss to one of the flower pendants flowing from the kalasa pot.


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For a similar support, see Christie's Indian & Southeast Asian Art, 21 March 2008, lot 617.

Asian Works of Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8666
6:00pm - 8 August 2022
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
Friday 5 - Sunday 7 August, 10am - 4pm
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC

CONTACT
Dominic Kavanagh
asianart@leonardjoel.com.au


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