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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SOUTH AFRICA PROPERTY OF THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS
FUND
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A GILT LACQUERED-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAIROCHANA
MING DYNASTY, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A MULTI-ARMED GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF
GUANYIN
The fgure sits in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with his hands MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
held before his chest in dharmachakramudra. He is dressed in a fowing
dhoti and adorned with various jewelry, with lotuses at the shoulders. The bodhisattva is seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with
The face is serene in expression, with the hair arranged in a chignon the principle hands held in anjalimudra before the chest, the others
on the top of the head, and secured with a foliate tiara. holding various ritual objects. He is dressed in voluminous robes,
adorned with beaded jewelry and is crowned with an elaborate foliate
10æ in. (27.3 cm.) high diadem that supports a diminutive image of Amitabha.

$15,000-25,000 26æ in. (67.9 cm.) high

PROVENANCE $15,000-20,000

John P. Reeves (1909-1978) Esq, OBE, the British Consul of Macau, PROVENANCE
and thence by descent to the present owner.
Objets d’Art Extrême Orient, Paris, 11 October 1968.
明十六世紀前後 銅漆金毘盧遮那佛坐像
明十六/十七世紀 銅漆金千手觀音坐像