An 18thC Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddhist Vitarka Mudra Hand Fragment sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus There is a small hairline

There is a small hairline to the drawer front as photographed

June in 1885 in England saw the Niger River basin becoming a British protectorate and William Ewart Gladstone's Liberal government being defeated in a vote of no confidence with Robert Cecil

The upholstery is worn but could still be retained whilst the frame is solid and importantly the cane work is in very good condition without any punctures present

whilst there is a scraped line of damage to one flank

at almost four feet high

An 18thC Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddhist Vitarka Mudra Hand Fragment sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus There is a small hairlineOrigin: Thailand Period: Mid 18thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1750 Width: 4. 5 Depth: 2 Height: 1. 75 The beautiful cast bronze hand fragment with traces of gilding, elegantly positioned in the Vitarka Mudra, a gesture symbolising the transmission of Buddhist teachings, the fingers gracefully curved, with the thumb and index finger forming a circle, while the remaining fingers extend outward and the whole surviving from the eighteenth century. The