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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
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A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

The bodhisattva is seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base over a galleried
octagonal plinth. The right hand is raised in vitarkamudra and the left
holds a small vessel, and the fgure is dressed in fowing robes and
adorned with various jewelry. The face is benevolent in expression
with heavy-lidded eyes, and is surmounted by a foliate tiara inset with
a diminutive image of Amitabha.
24 in. (61 cm.) high

$50,000-70,000

The present bodhisattva belongs to a small group of seated Buddhist gilt-
bronzes, dated to the mid to late Ming period, with separately cast lotus
bases raised on galleried plinths. Compare a fgure of Avalokitesvara in the
Chang Foundation, illustrated Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taiwan, 1993,
p. 88, no. 37; and an example sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November
2005, lot 1613.

明 銅漆金觀音坐像

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