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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA Compare the face and lotus pedestal to that of a similarly-sized image
TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY of Avalokiteshvara in the John and Berthe Ford Collection (Denwood &
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4738 Singer, Tibetan Art, Toward a Definition of Style, 1997, p. 77, no. 57),
7 cm (2 3/4 in.) high as well as one image sold at Bonhams, Hong Kong, 7 October 2019,
lot 928.
HKD50,000 - 70,000
西藏 十三/十四世紀 銅鎏金佛陀像

This portable representation of the historical Buddha’s moment of
enlightenment as one of quiet realization shows centuries of personal
devotion and an originally undisturbed base plate. Many of the
bronze’s visual traits, including its facial features, snail-shell curls,
close-fitting monastic robe, and satisfyingly plump lotus petals borrow
from the Pala Indian tradition, at a time when the casting of Buddhist
bronzes proliferated early in Tibet.

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