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                                                                               A REPOUSSÉ GILT-COPPER FIGURE
                                                                               OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA
                                                                               18TH-19TH CENTURY
                                                                               The fgure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a
                                                                               lotus base, with right hand in bhumisparhamudra
                                                                               and the left resting in the lap, and wears a bead
                                                                               necklace with conch-shell pendant over a cloud
                                                                               color with diaper border and priest’s robes, and a
                                                                               separate ribbon-hung fve-point crown set atop
                                                                               the hair which is dressed in blue-painted tight
                                                                               curls that continue onto the ushnisha below a
                                                                               gilded pearl.
                                                                               16Ω in. (42 cm.) high
                                                                               $10,000-15,000

                                                                               清十八/十九世紀   銅鎏金錘鍱菩薩坐像




























































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