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LOT 0399
Monumental Gilt Bronze 'Earth Witness' Buddha Forearm with Open Palm
TIBETAN, 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
50 3/4 in. (21.5 kg total, 129 cm high including stand).
Hollow-formed arm, wrist and hand with fixing socket to the outside of the wrist; low-relief decoration to the palm; from a statue in the Bhumisparsa mudra; cracked; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Ex Sheila Allen, London.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12742-236277.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0399
Monumental Gilt Bronze 'Earth Witness' Buddha Forearm with Open Palm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,980
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