FIVE SHEET GOLD FRAGMENTARY PLAQUES, THAILAND, 8TH-13TH CENTURIES, repousse relief, comprising one Mon-Dvaravati and two Baphuon depictions of Buddha, and two others, together with an undecorated gold fragment, 9.5cm average size
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
For related Mon-Dvaravati plaques in the Norton Simon Museum, see Pal 2004, nos.85-87, pp.118-119.
Sold for £1,100
FIVE SHEET GOLD FRAGMENTARY PLAQUES, THAILAND, 8TH-13TH CENTURIES, repousse relief, comprising one Mon-Dvaravati and two Baphuon depictions of Buddha, and two others, together with an undecorated gold fragment, 9.5cm average size
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
For related Mon-Dvaravati plaques in the Norton Simon Museum, see Pal 2004, nos.85-87, pp.118-119.
Auction: Asian Works of Art, 9th Nov, 2022