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LOT 2024
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Bodhisattva Statue
20TH CENTURY A.D.
9 7/8 in. (2.3 kg, 25 cm).
Hollow-formed gilt-bronze figure of a bodhisattva with six arms, each holding a symbol, and three radiating faces beneath the crown; resting on a lotus-flower base; upper body festooned with swags of beads and inset with cabochon gemstones.
ProvenanceEx North West London, UK, collection, 1990-2000.
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