A gilt-copper figure of a bull Tibet, ca. 15th century | 西藏約十五世紀鎏金銅牛像

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2,000 - 3,000 EUR

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Property from an important European private collects ion

A gilt-copper figure of a bull

Tibet, ca. 15th century

standing on all fours, the neck and bridge of the nose with incised lines, the mouth ajar, with horns curving around his small ears, the short tail resting on his left haunch

13.3 cm, 5 1/4 in.

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collects ion particulière européenne

Statuette de taureau en cuivre doré, Tibet, vers XVe siècle

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歐洲私人收藏

西藏約十五世紀鎏金銅牛像

Sotheby's, London, 20th September 1985, lot 15.

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倫敦蘇富比，1985年9月20日，編號15

Although animals are frequently found in iconographic compositions throughout the Himalayan area, the exact purpose of apparently independent animal figures is not known. A bull figure of related characteristics, is published in Kramrisch, Nepal, p. 80, no. 44. Compare also two other related figures sold in our London rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 42 and 30th November 1983, lot 241.