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PROPERTY FROM THE MCLENDON COLLECTION
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                                                                                                                                 A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED
                                                                                                                                 BODHISATTVA
                                                                                                                                 18TH CENTURY
                                                                                                                                 The figure is shown seated on a double lotus base,
                                                                                                                                 gazing forwards with serene expression below the
                                                                                                                                 hair tied in a high chignon behind a five-pointed
                                                                                                                                 crown. The left hand is raised in vitarkamudra and
                                                                                                                                 the right hand rests palm up on the right knee in
                                                                                                                                 varadamudra. Each hand holds the stem of a flower
                                                                                                                                 which trails up to the shoulder.
                                                                                                                                 7v in. (19.5 cm.) high

                                                                                                                                 $5,000-7,000

                                                                                                                                 .$-&/%0/珍藏
                                                                                                                                 清十Ջˠ紀ǎ銅鎏金菩薩ঙ像


















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                                               PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION  PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
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                                               A GLASS-INLAID GOLD HAIRPIN     A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
                                               SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1644)  LONGNU
                                               The hairpin has a delicate openwork design   MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
                                               of floral scroll, and is inset on one end with   The figure is cast with hands draped with a
                                               a rectangular plaque decorated with a bird   presentation cloth, and holding an offering dish
                                               in gold wire and further inlaid with glass, all   containing a flaming pearl. The robe is accented
                                               enclosed within the border of scroll design.   by a ruyi-cloud collar with tuft trimming over the
                                               Together with a U-shaped end of a gold   shoulders.
                                               hairpin, Song-Ming dynasty, decorated with   3æ in. (9.5 cm.) high, cloth box, padauk base
                                               similar scroll design.
                                               5º in. (13.5 cm.) long, cloth box
                                                                               $6,000-8,000
                                               $8,000-12,000                   PROVENANCE:
                                                                               Acquired in Hong Kong, 1985.
                                               PROVENANCE:
                                               Acquired in Hong Kong, 1986.
                                                                               私人珍藏

                                               私人珍藏                            明 銅鎏金龍女
                                                                               來源:
                                               宋/明 金嵌玻璃花卉紋髮簪
                                                                               入藏於香港, 1985年
                                               來源:
                                               入藏於香港, 1986年




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