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A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF WEITUO
Ming Dynasty
The guardian of Buddhist teachings standing
astride rockwork, wearing a billowing scarf over
a highly-detailed chain-mail armour bound with
straps issuing from the mouths of monster masks,
holding a vase in his left hand, the face with a gentle
expression beneath an elaborate headdress, with
traces of gilt-lacquer.
49.5cm (19 1/2in) high.
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY70,000 - 110,000

明 銅韋馱立像

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A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE
OF GUANYIN
Ming Dynasty
Finely cast, the Bodhisattva seated in padmasana,
holding a fruit in her left hand and the other raised,
dressed in loose flowing robes with cuffs and borders
incised with floral scrolls, open at the chest revealing
elaborate jewellery, the broad face with downcast
eyes, the hair dressed in knotted plaits and topknot,
surrounded by an openwork tiara with a figure of
Amitabha Buddha, wood stand., base unsealed.
28cm (11in) high (2).
£5,000 - 8,000
CNY44,000 - 70,000
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明 銅鎏金觀音坐像

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