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A PAINTING OF A BUDDHA
QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH
CENTURY

ink and color on silk, mounted on paper,
supported on a board backing, a Buddha seated
upon a lotus blossom set on a multi-tiered
throne and wearing a monk’s robe, the right
hand raised in abhaya mudra, the round face
with downcast eyes and an ushnisha framed
by spirals of dark blue hair, a wave-patterned
mandorla radiating from behind the body,
scrolling polychrome clouds and small floral
sprigs floating in the background beneath a
canopy, a pair of small guardian figures seated
on the stepped throne below, framed
height 59¾ in., 151.8 cm; Width 29½ in., 75 cm
$ 6,000-8,000

清十七 / 十八世紀 佛坐像
設色絹本 裝框

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A POLYCHROME STUCCO FRESCO
FRAGMENT
YUAN / MING DYNASTY
the rectangular panel painted with two celestial
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maidens, one adorned in a phoenix headdress,
a flowing robe with an elaborate necklace
suspending a ruyi pendant, bearing a tablet,
the other maiden with a headdress centered
by an orb, an associated pendant ornamenting
the necklace over lotus-patterned yellow
flowing robes, holding a lantern suspended
by a phoenix handle, painted in polychrome
pigments highlighting the gilded ornamentation
with gesso relief, framed
height 30½ in., 77 cm; Width 21¾ in., 55 cm
PROVENANCE
acquired in turin, Italy, 1960s.
Italian private Collection.

$ 25,000-35,000
元 / 明 灰泥彩繪天女圖壁畫殘部

來源
得於都靈，意大利，1960年代
意大利私人收藏

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