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LOT 1518
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Buddha Figure
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 5/8 in. (1.5 kg, 22 cm high).
A hollow-formed gilt-bronze figure of Buddha sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais, cradling a vessel in his left hand and touching the earth with his right hand in the Bhumisparsha mudra at the instant of his enlightenment.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
See Lutz, A. et al, The Return of the Buddha. The Qingzhou Discoveries, London, 2002, for discussion.
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LOT 1518
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Buddha Figure
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Chinese Tang Kneeling Camel
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A ceramic Bactrian camel modelled in the round in a dynamic pose, kneeling on a polygonal base and possibly in the act of standing up; saddle bags heavily laden with goods, semi-naturalistic anatomical and facial detailing, short tail held aloft; remains of polychrome painted pigment. 4 kg, 31 cm
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Sino-Tibetan Gilt Buddha Figure
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £194
A gilt-bronze statuette of Buddha sitting cross-legged on a lotus flower dais; both hands placed palm-upwards in the lap; the D-shaped base with a lotus detailing to the outer face and icons of Buddha in various poses, hollow with panel to the underside. 1.9 kg, 17 cm high
Fine condition.
Acquired 1970s-2000s. From a Japanese collection of Buddhist art. -
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Buddha Figure
19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
A hollow-formed gilt-bronze figure of Buddha sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais, cradling a vessel in his left hand and touching the earth with his right hand in the Bhumisparsha mudra at the instant of his enlightenment. 1.5 kg, 22 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
