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Property from the Estate of Ralph and Joan
Kramer, Sedona, Arizona

8021
A fine cast bronze seated Buddhist deity
17th century
Possibly Manjusri, seated dhyanasana on an elaborately draped
double lotus pedestal base, one hand holding a lotus stem, the other
holding a jewel, with two lotus stalks flanking the powerful shoulders,
one supporting the remnants of a book, the other the base of a sword,
both enclosing the voluptuous face with downcast eyes framed by an
elegant jeweled and floral draped crown, the slim body adorned with
pendant jewels falling from the waist and to the front chest.
28in (71.2cm) high
$30,000 - 50,000

Provenance
by repute, purchased in Mukden in 1923, by descent to the
current owners

Property from the Collection of Frank and
Georgia James

8022 8022
A cast bronze figure of Avalokitesvara
Ming dynasty
The multi-armed deity seated dhyanasana and holding a kalasa in his
primary left hand, the right hand in vitarka mudra, with secondary arms
grasping a ghanta, lotus, vajra, mala and two jewels flanking the richly
adorned and jeweled three-headed body framed by a lotus crown
centered on a seated Amitabha finial.
14 5/8in (37.2cm) high
$2,000 - 4,000

Property from Another Owner

8023
A cast bronze figure of the infant Buddha
17th century
Standing on a lotus pedestal base, with the left hand and index finger
pointing upward, and the right hand and index finger pointing down
in the posture of taking possession of the world, the figure wearing a
dhoti on his sturdy frame.
7 1/4in (18.4cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000

For a related figure in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, see
Rene-Yvon d’Argence, Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture in
the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1974, plate 185, where
the iconography is discussed.

8023

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