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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MIDWEST COLLECTION PROPERTY OF THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE
ACQUISITIONS FUND
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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA 1036

18TH-19TH CENTURY A LARGE REPOUSSÉ PARCEL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
The fgure is cast standing with a slight sway in the body, the right hand held A LUOHAN
at the chest and the left hand reaching downwards, as they hold a lotus stem 18TH-19TH CENTURY
bearing a fower at each shoulder, all on a separately cast lotus petal pedestal.
4º in. (10.8 cm.) high The arhat stands on a gilded lotus base with his right hand raised in vitarka
mudra and the left held with palm up. He wears heavy gilded robes draped over
$3,000-5,000 the left shoulder, the face is fanked by prominent ears, and the hair is closely
shorn.
清十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金菩薩立像
45Ω in. (115.6 cm.) high

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE

Cesa Atrium, Zurich, 29 August 1969.

清十八/十九世紀 銅錘揲局部鎏金羅漢立像

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