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8006
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEVADA COLLECTION
SINCE THE 1950S
8006 The sculpture has a pacifying beauty and presence. It is a very
A LARGE GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA fine example among the great number of like Buddhist bronzes
Qianlong period proliferated during the Qianlong period. The bronze excels for its size
Attired in elaborately rendered princely garb adorned by numerous and elegant modelling, and its iconography is also more complex,
inlaid cabochons of malachite, coral, carnelian and turquoise, holding combining the enlightenment-attaining and teaching gestures with
his left hand in the vitarka gesture of discourse at chest level while his finely cast hands and fingers. It compares favorably to already fine
right touches the ground in front of him in the earth-witness mudra examples of related sculptures sold at Bonhams, New York, 16
of bhumisparsha, raised atop a solidly-cast double lotus plinth; now March 2015, lot 41; 17 March 2014, lots 30 & 31; 18 September
supported by a later-made wood stand carved in stylized bands of 2013, lot 20; and 18 March 2013, lot 159.
lotus petals.
13 1/2in (34.3cm) height exclusive of wood stand Provenance
a private Nevada collection since the 1950s
US$15,000 - 25,000
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