A GILT-BRONZE 'TIGER' FITTING HAN DYNASTY

cast in high relief with the beast on its back, four paws in the air, curled tail on its belly, all confined within a circle set against a square base, the interior hollow, Japanese wood box (4)

Hirano Kotoken, Tokyo, acquired in the 1970s.

Tokubetsu tenji rikucho jidai no kondoubutsu (Special Exhibition of Gilt-Bronze Buddhist Statues of the Six Dynasties Period), Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Izumi, 1991, cat. no. 188.

There is the expected wear and loss to the gilding overall, otherwise in good condition.
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