A set of three lacquered gilt and polychrome wood figures of monks, Burma

each standing with bare feet above a square base, his hands clasped around an alm's bowl held in front, wearing a long flared orange coloured robe with applied decoration of glass and mother-of-pearl around the borders, the gilt face with downcast gaze, benign smile and long earlobes, and the shaven head with further applied detailing

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60 cm high and 62 cm high

Condition Report

All three figures with some overpainting to stabilise the overall surface craquelure, and with vertical cracks rising from the hem of the robes at the sides and on the reverse. Some surface flaking overall. The three bases chipped. One figure with a section of the right drape of the robe re-affixed and a repair to the left foot and base and the right hand.

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