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A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF A KANDYAN CHIEF, SRI LANKA, 19TH CENTURY
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the elongated figure standing on circular base, with right hand raised, his left holding his sword, his face with beard and moustache, wearing domed crown, 73cm
This is possibly a figure of King Vikrama Rajasinha (1798-1815), For a related bronze figure in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, see inv. no. P.2002.05.2. Vikrama Rajasinha was the last in the line of Kandyan Kings, deposed by the British who had exploited divisions within the court. He was imprisoned in South India where he died fifteen years later.
Minor wear and knocks, mostly good
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the elongated figure standing on circular base, with right hand raised, his left holding his sword, his face with beard and moustache, wearing domed crown, 73cm
This is possibly a figure of King Vikrama Rajasinha (1798-1815), For a related bronze figure in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, see inv. no. P.2002.05.2. Vikrama Rajasinha was the last in the line of Kandyan Kings, deposed by the British who had exploited divisions within the court. He was imprisoned in South India where he died fifteen years later.
Minor wear and knocks, mostly good
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