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LOT 2048
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue
20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 3/4 in. (2.35 kg, 27 cm).
Seated cross-legged in virasana on a lotus flower dais, hands in the Dharmachakra Mudra, wearing a samghati adorned with floral hem, his face with with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, aquiline nose, with gentle smile, elongated earlobes, the tiered hair surmounted by a flame and with an elaborate diadem; collar, diadem armbands all with inset turquoise and other studs.
Provenance
London, UK, art market, 1990-2000.
Ex London, UK, collection of Oriental art.
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LOT 2048
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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