Tibet- Representation of a Lokapala in embossed copper, 18th - 19th century

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Tibet- Représentation d’un Lokapala en cuivre repoussé, XVIIIème - XIXème siècle 2

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Tibet
XVIIIth - XIXth century
Representation of a Lokapala

Embossed copper
21 x 15.5 cm excluding base
Former French private collection

Appraised by the porter's office

Repoussé copper representation of a celestial guardian (lokapala) represented standing, feet apart wearing ankle boots. He is dressed in several clothes and a long coat with wide sleeves as well as a snow leopard skin cape covering his shoulders. An elaborate belt featuring a kitimurkha head buckle, sashes fluttering around the shoulders and down the body. The right hand holds a ritual cleaver (trigug), the left hand seizing a scabbard. The round face with thick eyebrows frames a flat nose overhanging a half-open mouth revealing fangs. The ears with distended lobes accommodate two large circular pendants, the hair raised in an elaborate high bun behind a richly gold-plated crown.

Protectors of the faithful and of the Buddhist doctrine, the Lokapalas appeared in the Tibetan world around the 13th and 14th centuries.

Dimensions :
- Height : 21 cm cm
- Width : 15.5 cm

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Expertized by Cabinet Thierry Portier : Expertise and counsel office specialized in Asian arts. Its mission is to identify, authenticate and value art objets from Eastern Asia. Thierry Portier is Expert at The Court of Appeal of Paris, of the plenary assembly of insurance compagnies and with domains (selling of the state's properties) and of the "Crédit Municipal de Paris" (public credit establishement). Member of The Trade Union of Professional Experts in Art Work ("Syndicat des Experts Professionnels en Œuvres d'Art"), of the French-Japanese Association, the foundation Urasanke Konishiwan, and the foundation for the teaching of the tea ceremony.

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Tibet- Representation of a Lokapala in embossed copper, 18th - 19th century

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