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LOT 2399
Chinese Ming Red Stone Head of Buddha
MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644 A.D. OR EARLIER
10 5/8 in. (5.49 kg total, 27 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round with beatific smile; ledge to rear for attachment of a mandorla; mounted on a display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private family collection of Ersula Barter-Hemmerich, the longest serving member of staff working at the United Nations, her private collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s; thence by descent to her grandson.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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