A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN KING
A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN KING

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN KING
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The figure represents Vaisravana, (Ch. Duowen), the Guardian King of the North, holding a stupa in his raised left hand. He wears elaborate armour with a celestial scarf billowing above his shoulder and trailing down his sides. His face wears a wrathful expression below the openworked crown and topknot. There are traces of lacquer.
20 ¼ in. (51.5 cm.) high
来源
Private European Collection acquired in the 1970s and 1980s.

拍品专文

The stupa represents the body of the Buddha, both his spiritual body and his person, as well as his Law.

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