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LOT 2250
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 5/8 in. (1.47 kg, 22 cm).
Standing erect on a lotus-flower dais wearing a paridhana and holding one corner of the mantle uttariya in the left hand.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Opening Bid: £100
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19th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £430
Modelled in the round; seated cross-legged, supporting his weight on his left arm, left hand pinching the stem of a blossom supporting a vajra above his left shoulder, the right hand resting on his raised knee, clad in opulent jewellery studded with coral and turquoise beads, wearing a lavish crown. 1.2 kg, 15 cm high
with Chiswick Auctions, 18 November 2021, no.178. Ex London gallery stock.
