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LOT 2118
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Seated Buddha
CIRCA 19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (989 grams, 15.6 cm high).
Modelled in the round on a double lotus base, positioned with crossed legs and hands in the Bhumisparsha and dhyana mudras, displaying a number of auspicious lakshanas including extended earlobes, three rings around the neck, urna and ushnisha; floral stamp to base.
ProvenanceEx Empire Auction House, Boston, USA.
Property of a Canadian family.
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