Thai Ayutthaya Period Gilt Bronze Votive Stupa.
Of rounded bell form; the spire detached.
H60cm Dia.30cm (at base)

PROVENANCE:
Estates Late Adolphe and Asra Alexander, a German-Thai couple involved with architecture, interior design and import-export merchant trading, initially operating in Bangkok they moved to Brisbane in 1960. Asra was the daughter of a German merchant living in Thailand whose company imported luxury European goods, and (with royal warrant) counted the Thai palace among their customers. Thence by descent - private collection, Canberra.
Estimate $1,200-1,800