AUCTION 301 - ASIAN ART from two important Italian collections (Traditional)
Lot 145
Arte Indiana
A Chandraketugarh bone figure of a crouching Yakshai (male nature spirit) West Bengal, Shunga Period, circa 1st century bC.
For a close related example, but made of earthenware, please cfr. MET, New York, Acc. No. 1990-309 and its bibliography: Bautze, Joachim Karl. Early Indian Terracottas. Iconography of religions. Section XIII, Indian religions ; fasc. 17. Leiden; New York: E. J. Brill Publishers, 1995, pl. 40(b).
Provenance: Private Collection Milan, Italy.
Measures: 10.5 x 5.7 cm
Starting price: € 1.800,00
Estimate: € 3.000,00 - 4.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 06 October starting from 14:30.
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