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LOT 2285
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue
20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 5/8 in. (2.8 kg, 27 cm).
Hollow-formed figure sitting cross-legged on a D-shaped lotus-flower base, wearing a paridhana over his left shoulder and with a bympa pot held in his hands.
Provenance
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 2285
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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