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LOT 1947
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue
20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 in. (2.7 kg, 30.5 cm).
Sitting nude on a lotus-flower base with openwork mandorla behind the tiered crown, bloom on the left arm curled around the wrist and two more emerging from the base bearing bodhisattva figures; hands in the teaching gesture (Dharmachakra Mudra), cabochon stud to the brow for the urna.
Provenance
Ex North West London, UK, collection, 1990-2000.
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LOT 1947
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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