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A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A BRONZE FIGURE OF KSITIGARBHA A SINO-TIBETAN GILT-COPPER ARM
SAKYAMUNI 18th century FRAGMENT
Ming Dynasty The Bodhisattva of hell beings cast standing Qing Dynasty
Cast in the seated dhyanasana pose, with with loose robes, holding a hell-opening staff The slender arm modelled with long fingers in
the hands in mudra, wearing long robes, the in the right hand, a wish-fulfilling jewel in his an elegant mudra, the surface lightly gilded.
serene face topped with a typical ushnisha left, the bald head with long earlobes, all 26.5cm (10 1/2in) long
covered in ‘snail coil’ ringlets, all raised on a raised upon a lotus plinth. 24cm (9 1/2in) high
lotus throne, wood stand. £800 - 1,200
15cm (5 7/8in) high (2). £1,000 - 1,500 CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000
CNY8,700 - 13,000 HK$9,800 - 15,000
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 52,000 HK$39,000 - 59,000

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