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A VERY RARE LARGE BRACKET-LOBED GILT-BRONZE 'GUARDIAN KINGS' MIRROR
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 15TH CENTURY
The back is cast in high relief with the Four Guardian Kings centered by a double-vajra on a ground of curved lotus tendrils, the blossoms interspersed with auspicious emblems and 'Om ah hum' mantras inscribed in Devanagari above the figures. The reverse is encircled by a continuous border of 'Om Mane Padme Hum' mantras between beaded rims and petal frieze.
17 ½ in. (44.4 cm.) diam., tielimu stand
Provenance
Madeleine Oesch-Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland, acquired in the 1980s, by repute.
Christie's New York, 17 October 2001, lot 142.
Details
A VERY RARE LARGE BRACKET-LOBED GILT-BRONZE 'GUARDIAN KINGS' MIRROR
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 15TH CENTURY
The back is cast in high relief with the Four Guardian Kings centered by a double-vajra on a ground of curved lotus tendrils, the blossoms interspersed with auspicious emblems and 'Om ah hum' mantras inscribed in Devanagari above the figures. The reverse is encircled by a continuous border of 'Om Mane Padme Hum' mantras between beaded rims and petal frieze.
17 ½ in. (44.4 cm.) diam., tielimu stand
Provenance
Madeleine Oesch-Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland, acquired in the 1980s, by repute.
Christie's New York, 17 October 2001, lot 142.
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