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A rare partially-gilt bronze multi-armed
seated figure of Bodhisattva with
mandorla and stand
Tibetan, circa 15th century
Seated cross-legged, wearing an elaborate
Buddhist tiara and and hair accessories
including a small figure of Buddha, elaborately
cast and applied with forty-two arms, each
hand holding a Buddhist attribute or in a
mudra, on a double-lotus base, the surface
with extensive traces of shallow gilding
remaining, on an eight-footed four-tiered
base, deeply pierced and cast with bands of
formal scrolls, set at the back with a lobed
oval mandorla repoussé with eight petals of
Buddhist emblems.
The figure 24cm (9½in) high, overall 35.5cm
(14in) high (3).
£18,000 - 25,000
HK$210,000 - 290,000
CNY170,000 - 240,000
西藏，約十五世紀 銅局部鎏金菩薩坐像

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