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Lot 1250
Sale 986 - Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art
Mar 29, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$1,375
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Lot Description
A Pair of Chinese Gilt and Red Lacquered Wood Figures of Wrathful Guardians
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
明 金漆木雕天王像兩尊
each braced for action above a red lacquered craggy rock base, clocked in draping garments fastened at the waist with long sashes upswept about the muscular shoulders to reveal bare chiseled torsos. Each with a fierce grimace beneath highly arched painted eyebrows, and black hair tidily secured with a simple crown.
each braced for action above a red lacquered craggy rock base, clocked in draping garments fastened at the waist with long sashes upswept about the muscular shoulders to reveal bare chiseled torsos. Each with a fierce grimace beneath highly arched painted eyebrows, and black hair tidily secured with a simple crown.
Height of each 23 in., 58.5 cm.