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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ARTHUR
AND SARA JO KOBACKER
A DRY-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE
OF A BODHISATTVA
YUAN / MING DYNASTY
seated in vajraparyankasana, the left hand in
dhyana mudra, the right hand with the palm
turned up and the thumb and middle finger
curling towards each other, the loose robe
falling open at the chest revealing the pleated
dhoti tied with a rope at the waist, the garments
draping in crisp folds over the arms and legs,
the chest with an elaborate multi-strand
necklace suspending floral and bud-shaped
pendants, a beaded bracelet at each wrist,
the round face gently bowed and the eyelids
lowered in meditation, the hair parting around
the cranial bump and falling in long strands over
the shoulders, traces of red, brown, blue, and
gilt lacquer throughout
Height 21¼ in., 54 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 17th November 1999,
lot 711.
$ 30,000-50,000

元 / 明
夾紵乾漆菩薩坐像
來源

倫敦蘇富比1999年11月
17日，編號711

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