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ࡥ ⺗ TWO MINIATURE GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF
ږ BODHISATTVAS,
ზ TANG DYNASTY

ங each modelled seated in royal ease, one with the hands clasped together before the chest, the other with one arm resting on the raised
ޜ knee and holding a willow branch, both with an expressive face looking intently and gazing upwards, adorned with an ornamented
മ headdress, jewellery, sashes and a draped dhoti, supported by a lotus base and a pedestal
overall h. 5.5 and 5.9 cm
ᔜ PROVENANCE Ը๕j

125 Ѭ Galaxie Art & Gift Co., Hong Kong, 25th August 1988. ྗᖵʈᖵۜϞࠢʮ̡d࠰ಥd1988ϋ8˜25˚
ࡥ ҅ A SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER COSMETIC BOX AND COVER, ྅ EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
ɞ ௅ TANG DYNASTY, 2ND HALF OF 8TH CENTURY Շ British Museum, London, on loan, 1992-2015. ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1992-2015ϋ
˰ ⺗ of circular form, the slightly domed cover and the base of the box intricately worked in repoussé, each with a rosette comprising of an య HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200
ߏ ږ elaborate interlaced scroll encircling a central hexafoil floret, the tendrils bearing on and enclosed by looping stems, all against a densely
ɨ ვ ring-matted background, the details further enhanced by gilding, the straight sides and interior left undecorated
d. 3.7 cm, h. 2.1 cm
̒ ᗪ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
໢ ڀ Collection of the Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum, Kobe. ͣᚲߕஔ᎜ϗᔛdग़˒

ʃ Eskenazi Ltd, London, 15th August 1988. ࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdࡐ౱d1988ϋ8˜15˚
EXHIBITED
෥ ࢝ᚎj
Tang, Eskenazi Ltd, London, 1987.
ႊ LITERATURE Tang‘dࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdࡐ౱d1987ϋ

ଷ Tang, Eskenazi Ltd, London, 1987, cat. no. 12. ̈وj
Tang‘dࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdࡐ౱d1987ϋdᇜ໮12
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,850-6,400
A closely related silver box of this circular form and design is illustrated
in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe
Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 89. See also an example included in
Han Wei and Christian Deydier, Ancient Chinese Gold, Paris, 2001,
pl. 355; and another from the collection of Avery Brundage is similarly
decorated with an overall design of scrolls derived from the floral
repertory chased on a fine ring-matted ground, now in the Asian Art
Museum, San Francisco, accession no. B60M346.

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56 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 57