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953 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEVADA COLLECTION SINCE
A LARGE GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA THE 1950S
Qing dynasty, 18th century
His cheerful expression with a spiraled urna echoing his curls rising 955
over the ushnisha, the hems of his robe with delicate incised foliate
imagery complementing his lotus-bud finial, the lotus base richly gilt A LARGE CARVED AND LACQUERED WOOD HEAD OF
BUDDHA
and symmetrical. Yuan/early Ming dynasty
13 1/2in (34cm) high The tall usnisa centering a now un-lacquered scalp bearing only traces
of hair curls above crisply delineated eyebrows framing bulbous and
$10,000 - 15,000 gentle eyelids enclosing inlaid-black glass pupils separated by a wide
nose above carefully rendered lips, the face framed by long pierced
Provenance earlobes, the back of the skull stabilized with three rectilinear joins,
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco sale 17321, 29 June 2009, lot now supported by a custom-made wood stand.
8007 25in (63.5cm) height from top of head to top of stand

954 $5,000 - 7,000
A CAST BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
17th century Provenance
Perhaps originally part of an Amitabha triad or larger sculptural originally a private collector born in Russia and relocated to New York
group, the figure seated lalitasana attired in elaborate princely raiment and California;
including a tall crown fronted by the Amitabha Buddha, resting her thereupon bequeathed to the mother of the current owner in 1955.
right hand on her ankle while her left is upraised to support a now-lost
implement, seated on the fragment of a lotus throne, now supported Another fragment of a dry lacquered wood-core Buddhist figure was
by a later-made fitted wood stand reticulated in vine and lotus motifs. offered in these rooms as lot 7086 in sale 22411 of 23 June 2015.
7 1/4in (18.4cm) height of figure exclusive of stand That figure shared with the present lot numerous stylistic similarities
including a wide nose, a now un-lacquered scalp beneath a prominent
$6,000 - 8,000 usnisa, delicate and sensuous lips and well-pierced earlobes. The
head found on a dry lacquer Bodhisattva in the Freer Collection dated
to the Yuan dynasty or earlier resembles in material and style both
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