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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTOR
A FINE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
SHAKYAMUNI ON A LION THRONE
INLAID WITH SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES
Tibet, 14th Century
the Buddha wearing a diaphanous monk’s robe over the
left shoulder, with hands in dharmachakra mudra, seated
in vajraparyankasana on a lotus pedestal, a throne beneath
draped with an altar cloth decorated with inset semi-precious
stones, crouching lions at either end, a scrolling vine and % oral
motif at centre and continuing at the sides and to the rear,
with an undecorated panel at the back with the remains of a
securing tang
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13474.
Height: 12 ¾ in. (32.5 cm)
PROVENANCE
Yan Wing Arts Co., Hong Kong, 1991-1995.
$ 800,000-1,200,000

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