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Various owners 各方藏家                                                  143
                                                                     A large bronze figure of Guanyin on an elephant
142                                                                  16th/17th century
A gilt-bronze stupa                                                  The Goddess of Mercy heavily cast seated with her left leg resting
Tibetan, 16th century                                                above the pendent right leg, holding a pearl and a scroll in her hands,
Cast with a domed base rising from a lotus frieze and steps          adorning beaded necklaces, earrings and an elaborate headdress,
supporting the harmika, surmounted by a turquoise-inlaid and beaded  her wide face with downcast eyes in deep meditation surmounted by
pedestal and ending in a canopy with a pointed tip.                  hair tied in high chignon, wearing loose robes falling in undulating folds
9.8cm (4 7/8in) high                                                 over a recumbent elephant, the enormous beast facing forward and its
                                                                     elongated trunk holding only a stem of lotus blossom.
HK$50,000 - 60,000                                                   43.5cm (17 1/8in) high
US$6,400 - 7,700
                                                                     HK$400,000 - 500,000
西藏十六世紀 銅鎏金嵌松石佛塔                                                      US$52,000 - 64,000

                                                                     十六/十七世紀 銅騎象觀音像

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