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LOT 1546

Sino-Tibetan Gilt Seated Buddha

20TH CENTURY A.D.

7 7/8 in. (1.08 grams, 20 cm high).

A gilt-bronze figure of Buddha sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais wearing a mantle uttariya with scrolled ornament, his right hand holding the stem of an utpala flower.

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 1546

Sino-Tibetan Gilt Seated Buddha

Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)

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