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LOT 0430
Chinese Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha
CIRCA 20TH CENTURY A.D.
17 3/4 in. (6.85 kg, 45 cm high).
A hollow-forme gilt-bronze Buddha figurine sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais with left hand resting palm-upward in the lap to accept a bumpa vessel.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
with Ogotai (?) Auctions, Paris, France, 22 January 2016, lot 5.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11712-199349.
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LOT 0430
Chinese Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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