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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
916
THREE MINIATURE GILT-BRONZE BUDDHIST
FIGURES
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The group comprises a figure of a Medicine Buddha seated in
dhyanasana on a double-lotus base; a figure of a bodhisattva
seated on a double-lotus base; and a seated figure of a lama.
The largest, 2¡ in. (6 cm.) high (3)
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
915
EXHIBITED:
First and second: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese
Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20
March 2013.

十七/十八世紀 袖珍鎏金銅佛教造像三尊
來源:
山中商會, 大阪, 1945年。
Lionel Rosenberg, 好望角, 南非, 入藏於1967-68年前後。

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A GROUP OF FIVE MINIATURE BUDDHIST FIGURES
MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)
Comprising a gilt-lacquer wood figure of seated Buddha; a
gilt-bronze figure of seated Buddha holding a vajra; a gilt-bronze
figure of a Medicine Buddha shown on a waisted lotus base; a
gilt-bronze figure of a seated Buddha shown holding a vajra; and a
gilt-bronze figure of a female attendant. 916
The largest, 1æ in. (4.4 cm.) high (5)
$2,500-3,500
PROVENANCE:
First: Ganna Walska (1887-1984) Collection, Montecito, California.
Second: Gerald Hawthorne, London.
Third, fourth, fifth: Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.

EXHIBITED:
Second, third, and fourth: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures:
Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American
Collection, 15-20 March 2013.

明/清 袖珍佛教造像一組五件
來源:
圖左一: Ganna Walska (1887-1984) 珍藏, Montecito,
加利福尼亞州。
圖左二: Gerald Hawthorne, 倫敦。
其他: 山中商會, 大阪, 1945年。
Lionel Rosenberg, 好望角, 南非, 入藏於1967-68年前後。 917