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A ‘BUDDHA AND BODHISATTVA’ TERRACOTTA PLAQUE A SMALL BONE ‘TORTOISE’ SEAL
Burma, 12th/13th century Han Dynasty
The group centred by the figure of the Buddha in bhumisparsha The square seal surmounted by a tortoise-form final, the base incised
mudra gesture, flanked by two Bodhisattva, in abhaya mudra, in the with seal-script characters, fitted box. 1.8cm (3/4in) wide (2).
background several stupas and some branches of the Bodhi tree of
enlightenment, inscriptions in relief below the lotus pedestals. 20cm £1,000 - 1,500
(7 7/8in) high HK$11,000 - 16,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000
£500 - 700
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CNY4,400 - 6,200
A MARBLE VOTIVE PLAQUE WITH THE FEET OF VISHNU
India, 19th-20th Century
Provenance: Acquired at Asiatic Fine Arts, Singapore, 30th March The rectangular plaque with bevelled edges, delicately carved in
1992. shallow relief with the feet of Vishnu over a lotus flower, the four
corners with symbols including a further florette and a conch shell.
262 † 13.3cm (5 1/4in) x 11.2cm (4 3/8in)
A TANG-STYLE MARBLE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Seated on a lotus pedestal supported by a plinth, wearing ample £500 - 600
robes falling open at the front to reveal the chest, the left hand in HK$5,300 - 6,400
apana mudra gesture. CNY4,400 - 5,300
25cm (9 7/8in) high
Illustrated: E. Magli, Cimeli D’Oriente: divagazioni su di una
£500 - 600 collezione indo-cino-giapponese, posseduta dall’autore. Parte I
HK$5,300 - 6,400 L’India, Bologna, 1935, Fig. 2, p. 18.
CNY4,400 - 5,300

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