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TWO BRONZE FIGURES OF BUDDHA
Tang/Liao Dynasty
Comprising a figure of Sakyamuni, seated on a cloth-draped base
with left hand raised, the right hand resting on the knee, wearing
loosely draped robes, the chest exposed, the broad face flanked
by large ears, the hair incised with waves surrounding an ushnisha,
gilt residue, wood stand, 10.2cm (4in) high; together with a figure of
Amitabha, finely cast, seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne raised
on a tapering, circular platform, wearing a monk’s robe worn over
both shoulders, the hair arranged in small curls continuing over the
ushnisha, above pendulous ears, the face cast with half-closed eyes,
14.3cm (5 3/4in) high (3).

£4,000 - 6,000 CNY39,000 - 58,000
HK$47,000 - 71,000

唐/遼 銅佛坐像 一組兩尊

Proveance: an English private collection

來源： 英國私人收藏

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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF CAO GUOJIU
92 First half 17th century
86 | BONHAMS Cast standing on rockwork with his head turned slightly to the right,
wearing a long robe with draping sleeves incised with floral borders
flowing over the knees, his hands slightly raised and holding castanets,
the bearded face with strong features flanked by pendulous earlobes,
wearing an ornamented cap.
37.7cm (14 7/8in) high

£4,000 - 6,000 CNY39,000 - 58,000
HK$47,000 - 71,000

十七世紀前半葉 局部鎏金銅曹國舅執玉板立像

A very similar figure lacking his attribute is illustrated by R.D.Mowry,
China’s Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H.Clague Collection of
Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, Phoenix, 1993, no.51, pp.208-
209.

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A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF YUANSHI TIANZUN
Late Ming Dynasty, cyclically dated to Jimao year, corresponding to AD
1579 or 1639
Heavily cast seated on a hardwood stand in the form of a horseshoe-
back chair, the Daoist deity wearing long flowing robes tied with
ribbons below the chest, his hands closely imitating a Buddhist mudra,
the face in a meditative expression with pendulous ears and a long
pointed beard, the hair arranged into a topknot secured within a foliate
crown, wood stand.
The figure 49cm (19 1/4in) high (2).

£10,000 - 15,000 CNY97,000 - 150,000
HK$120,000 - 180,000

明末己卯年（公元1579或1639年） 銅漆鎏金元始天尊坐像
「己卯年李世堅」楷書鑄款

Provenance: an Irish private collection, acquired in China prior to circa
1914, and thence by descent

來源：愛爾蘭私人收藏，於約1914年購自中國，後由家族繼承