LOT 318 A Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Figure of Mahākāla
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Description A Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Figure of Mahākāla銅鎏金大黑天像the wrathful figure depicted in a wide lunge, balanced across a human and deer, cloaked in armor and a fluttering cape, all while brandishing a sword. The whole all above a lotus plinth and backed by a flaming mandorla.Height 8 3/4 in., 22.3 cm.Property from the José M. Neistein CollectionJOSE MENACHE NEISTEIN (1934-2020) was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in a Jewish immigrant family. He was an intellectual and appreciator of different artistic and cultural fields, performing throughout his life activities as a critic, teacher, curator, cultural attache, lecturer, and art collector.Residing in the United States from 1970 to 2020, Neistein was invited by the Itamaraty to occupy the position of Cultural AttachE at the Brazilian Embassy asExecutive-Director of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute (BACI) in Washington D.C. During the same period, Prof. Neistein was also a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a Contributing Editor for theHispanic Division of the Library of Congress.JosE Neistein's art collection, universal and eclectic, had been developed over 50 years of acquisition and study. Its growth reflected, all over the years, the diversification of the collector's interests, the maturing of his taste, and thedeepening of its quality.
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