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PROPERTY FROM A SCANDINAVIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
17TH CENTURY
the gure standing on a lotus base with her hands crossed in
front of her waist, wearing long owing robes and a pendant
necklace, her face with a peaceful downcast expression and
her hair tied up and draped in a shawl falling at her shoulders
23 cm, 9⅛ in.
£ 7,000-9,000
HK$ 67,500-87,000 US$ 8,700-11,200
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PROPERTY FROM A SCANDINAVIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A SWEDISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI A SMALL GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF
BUDDHA TSONGKAPA
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the gure seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, his nely cast seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus plinth,
right hand in bhumisparsamudra and his left in dhyanamudra the hands in dharmachakramudra, the gesture of teaching,
supporting a pearl, wearing a dhoti and a shawl wrapped crowned with a peaked hat and dressed in elaborately chased
around his left shoulder, his face with a peaceful expression robes
framed by pendulous ears, the hair tied in tight curls below the 11.3cm., 4½ in.
ushnisha
10.5 cm, 4⅛ in. £ 2,500-3,000
HK$ 24,200-29,000 US$ 3,150-3,750
£ 2,500-3,000
HK$ 24,200-29,000 US$ 3,150-3,750
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