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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 600

THREE SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF BODHISATTVAS, TANG DYNASTY
Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD

THREE SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF BODHISATTVAS
TANG DYNASTY
唐 銅鎏金袖珍菩薩像三尊

each modeled in a pose of royal ease with one arm resting on the raised knee, one holding holding a willow branch, one with the
hands clasped together in prayer, and one holding a cintamani, each outfitted in an ornamented headdress, jewelry, sashes, and a
draped dhoti, supported by a separately cast base and a pedestal, Japanese wood stands and box (11)

Height of tallest 2¼ in., 5.7 cm

Provenance
The two figures bearing attributes:
Sotheby's London, 5th December 1995, lot 26.

來源
兩尊持法器菩薩像：
倫敦蘇富比1995年12月5日，編號26

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