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A LARGE CARVED WOOD SEATED FIGURE OF THE BUDDHA Another Buddha of similar size and similarly rendered attire but with
17th century more of the gilt and lacquer preserved and displaying a karana gesture
Carved in the meditative posture and gesture of dhyana and attired in both hands was offered in our New Bond Street showrooms as lot
in detailed multi-layered robes open at the chest but covering both 69 in sale 22235 of 12 November 2015. As noted there, the practice
shoulders, the head bent forward in intense concentration and of coating wood figures in gilt-lacquer in imitation of bronze prototypes
covered in globular bosses forming the figure’s hair curls encircling emerged in the Ming dynasty and continued through the end of the
the usnisa, the back centered by a tall rectangular insert, likely sealing Qing. See another example offered in these rooms as lot 6469 in sale
a consecratory chamber, the exterior surfaces showing areas of red 21791 of 14 October 2014.
lacquer and gilt.
26in (66cm) high
$20,000 - 30,000
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