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LOT 2150
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Bodhisattva Figure
20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 1/4 in. (2.75 kg, 33.5 cm).
Modelled in the round figure of Bodhisattva Manjushri, seated cross-legged on a tiered square-section dais, with mandorla to his rear, flaming sword in one hand and rope with vajra in the other.
ProvenanceEx West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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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LOT 2150
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Bodhisattva Figure
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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