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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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