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LOT 2143
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Seated Figure of Four-Armed Guanyin
CIRCA 19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 in. (3.5 kg, 25.2 cm high).
Modelled in the round seated cross-legged on a double lotus flower base, two hands pressed together before the chest, two hands holding attributes at shoulder height, wearing a crown and jewels.
ProvenanceEx Madison Square Gallery, New York, USA.
Property of a Canadian family.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11889-204957.
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LOT 2143
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Seated Figure of Four-Armed Guanyin
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Chinese Han Style Bronze Animal
20th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Formed as a crouching quadruped with stubby legs, large head with long pointed ears, prominent eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, wide open mouth with fangs; hollow-formed. 569 grams, 12.1 cm
From a Cotswold, UK, collection, 1980-1990s. -
Chinese Blue and White Dragon Jar
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Piriform with splayed foot, dragon figure to the lid and around the shoulder, depicted flying amidst scrolling clouds, chip to rim. 935 grams, 30.5 cm high
Ex UK auction house. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Gilt Burmese Buddhist Kammavaca Manuscript Group
Konbaung Dynasty, 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Written in Pali in Burmese square script on gilded, lacquered and numbered palm leaves; each leaf is double-sided with the exception of one cover leaf which displays interlaced geometric panels populated with female figures, dragonesques and birds to one face; accompanied by an ornately decorated sword-shaped 'pointer', also gilded, possibly not belonging. 1.15 kg total, 29-56.5 cm
London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family.
Kammavaca is a Pali term describing an assemblage of passages from the Tipitaka (the Theravada Buddhist canon) relating to ordination, the bestowing of robes and other rituals of monastic life. The texts typically contain religious instructions for monks. The piercings in the leaves are functional; each leaf was placed over a skewer (likely bamboo) when read.
