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Lot #122 - A Nepalese Polychrome Wood Sectional Torna, Circa 17th Century

  • Auction House:
    Mossgreen
  • Sale Name:
    Fine Chinese Works of Art & Ceramics (Part II)
  • Sale Date:
    12 Dec 2016 ~ 6.30pm
  • Lot #:
    122
  • Lot Description:
    A Nepalese Polychrome Wood Sectional Torna, Circa 17th Century
    covered with a red lacquer background, deeply carved at the top with a large seated figure of Garuda flanked by two Makara standing on large serpents above a seated Ganesh, a partly illegible Newari inscription across the bottom, which includes "Twice Blessed Ganesh" and would have included a date, decorated with green, blue and gold lacquer.
    101 cm long, 81 cm high
  • Provenance:
    from the collection of Robert Bleakley, former Chairman of Sotheby's Australia
  • Notes:
    The archway would have originally been installed above the door way of a Hindu shrine of Ganesh
  • Estimate:
    A$15,000 - 25,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Oriental

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