Auction 82
Oct 18, 2020
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Italy
Piazza Lovatelli 1, 00186 Roma
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- I lotti verranno aggiudicati definitivamente in sala durante l’asta che si svolgerà il 18 ottobre 2020 dalle ore 11:00 CEST per i lotti 1-202 e dalle ore 15.00 CEST per i lotti 203 - 470 presso Crespi Bonsai Museum in S.S del Sempione, 37 20015 Parabiago.
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LOT 37:
A PAINTED CERAMIC FUNERARY MODEL OF A HEAVENLY KINGChina, Tang dynasty The figure proudly ...
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Sold for: €1,200
Start price:
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1,100
Estimated price:
€2,000 - €3,000
Auction house commission: 25%
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A PAINTED CERAMIC FUNERARY MODEL OF A HEAVENLY KING
China, Tang dynasty
The figure proudly standing with his feet to crush the demon that constitutes the base of the sculpture, the right leg raised to the knee, the right arm raised with the hand that once held a lightning, the left arm resting on the corresponding side, the figure dressed in a mighty armor, on the head a hat with a protuberance in the center, traces of polychromy.
80 cm high
Provenance: Fabrizio Savi collection, acquired from Anthony J. Allen, Auckland, New Zealand, between 1995 and 2000.
The heavenly kings ( tianwang; in Sanskrit lokapala) are deities who oversee the four cardinal points, of Hindu origin and later entered into the Buddhist pantheon. Sculptures and paintings depicting them are common throughout East Asia. They are also found very frequently in the funerary contexts of the Tang period, to guide the procession of figures who escort the deceased
