Subasta 74 Parte 1 ASIAN ART
16.1.20
Italia
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LOTE 64:

A PAINTED CERAMIC FUNERARY MODEL OF A HEAVENLY KING
China, Tang dynasty


The figure ...


Precio inicial:
2 000
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€2 000 - €3 000
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A PAINTED CERAMIC FUNERARY MODEL OF A HEAVENLY KING
China, Tang dynasty


The figure standing proudly 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, widespread 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 towards the afterlife.