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232 - OTHER PROPERTIES: A SMALL LIMESTONE GREY HEAD OF A LOKAPALAA SMALL LIMESTONE GREY HEAD OF A LOKAPALA, TANG DYNASTY, (618-907)
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£4,000 - 6,000 (€4,700 - 7,200)Sale fees
OTHER PROPERTIES: A SMALL LIMESTONE GREY HEAD OF A LOKAPALAA SMALL LIMESTONE GREY HEAD OF A LOKAPALA, TANG DYNASTY, (618-907) Longmen Caves, Henan Province The face well carved with a contemplative expression, the pronunced eyes beneath a fur-rowed angled brow, the hair pulled up in a topknot, with buff coloured patina, wooden stand, together with a fitted Japanese wooden box, inscribed: 龙门石头 (written vertically in traditional Chinese: 龍門石頭), which translates to "Longmen stone" or "Longmen rock” (2) Provenance: Anthony Carter Ltd, (Acquired in Japan in the 1990’s by repute)
Auction details
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Robert G. Piper: All Bottles To Be Sold Without ReserveAuction house
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