5th Jun, 2024 11:00

Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities

 
Lot 402
 

402

A PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF THAGYA-MIN, BURMA (MYANMAR), 19TH CENTURY

wearing tall crown and billowing robes, his left hand raised, mounted, 73cm

Provenance: From the collection of the late A.J. (John) Lippitt (1928-2019), Hampshire. Acquired Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer, 15 February 2007 (a copy of the invoice is included with this lot).

Exhibited and Published: Irridescence from the East, Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer Asian Art, 2006

Thagya-Min is the king of the nats, animist deities worshipped in Burma since long before the arrival of Buddhism in the country. The two belief systems co-exist and overlap and Thagya-Min is often depicted in Buddhist temples.

Sold for £200


 

wearing tall crown and billowing robes, his left hand raised, mounted, 73cm

Provenance: From the collection of the late A.J. (John) Lippitt (1928-2019), Hampshire. Acquired Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer, 15 February 2007 (a copy of the invoice is included with this lot).

Exhibited and Published: Irridescence from the East, Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer Asian Art, 2006

Thagya-Min is the king of the nats, animist deities worshipped in Burma since long before the arrival of Buddhism in the country. The two belief systems co-exist and overlap and Thagya-Min is often depicted in Buddhist temples.

Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024

Viewing

Sunday 2nd June: 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Monday 3rd June: 10:00am to 8.00pm
Tuesday 4th June: 10.00am to 5.00pm

View all lots in this sale