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Himalayan Art Online / STATUE D'UNE DIVINITE FEROCE EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORE DYNASTIE QING, XIX/DEBUT XXE SIECLE
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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A WRATHFUL DEITY
QING DYNASTY, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
This rare bronze is likely an attendant figure to a main deity within a sculptural group. A Mahakala attributed to the Qing dynasty Dolonnor workshop of Inner Mongolia was sold at Bonhams, New York, 20 March 2018, Sale 24597, lot 3215. And, compare the technical casting of the present sculpture's hair with two Dolonnor sculptures attributed to the early 20th century (Berger et al, Mongolia, San Francisco, 1995, pp.243-5, nos.83 & 84).
Provenance
Private European Collection assembled in the 1960s and 1970s