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Lot 36

A pair of gilt copper alloy repoussé lions
Tibet, 17th/18th century

18 September 2013, 10:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$9,375 inc. premium

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A pair of gilt copper alloy repoussé lions

Tibet, 17th/18th century
The pair wearing bells and holding a flaming jewel, with tufts of hair swirling and flailing about their limbs and with fanged, tongue-extended grimaces.
19 in. (48.2 cm) high

Footnotes

These lions would have originally appeared below the dais of a large stupa or statue. Compare to various similar examples held in Asian collections, see Xu Tianfu (ed.), Faces of Dharma, Taipei, 2012, nos. 73-82.

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