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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT
Lot 595
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI, TANG DYNASTY
Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI
TANG DYNASTY
唐 銅鎏金文殊菩薩坐像
seated with the proper right hand slightly raised and holding a text, the other resting with the palm face down upon the knee, the
head with a high chignon encircled with a jeweled tiara and the sensuously cast body with a bare torso and defined waist, a sash
draped from the lap and over the incised and relief-cast lotus blossom seat, the back with a circular aperture for a mandorla,
modern stand, Japanese wood box (5)
Height 3 in., 7.6 cm
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