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A PAIR OF SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF BODHISATTVAS
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Cast in mirror image, the fgures are each seated on a tiered double lotus pedestal, with one arm resting on
the raised knee, one holding a precious vessel and the other holding a willow branch.

2º in. (5.6 cm.) high, two boxes (2)
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1991.

Compare a set of similar gilt-bronze fgures illustrated in Ancient Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Japan,
1989, fg, 347; and another very similar pair of bodhisattvas included in the exhibition Buddhist Images in
Gilt Metal, Taipei, 1993, no. 70. See, also, a pair of bodhisattvas from the Frederick M. Mayer Collection
sold at Christie’s London, 25 June 1974, lot 136, and a further, very similar, pair from the Sze Yuan Tang
Collection sold at Christie’s New York, 16 September 2010, lot 913.

唐 銅鎏金菩薩坐像一對

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