Lot 59
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GILT-BRONZE MODEL OF A BUDDHIST SHRINE
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 557
Auction: 15 May 2019 at 17:00 BST
Estimate: £3,500 - £4,500
Description
the rectangular chamber fitted with three doors and elaborately cast with Buddhist deities and lotus scrolls, the reverse inscribed with passages taken from the Diamond Sutra, surrounded by eight columns each entwined with a dragon clasping a ball, the four ridge lines of the roof each terminating in a dragon head suspending a bell
Dimensions
41cm wide