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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SUDHANA
16th/17th century
Crisply cast standing with hands joined together in
reverent prayer before his bare chest, the acolyte of
the Goddess of Mercy with a cheerful face turned
slightly to the right, with three tufts of hair tied
into neat knots, lightly adorned with jewellery and
swirling scarves, with wood stand.
18.7cm (7 3/8in) high. (2).
£9,000 - 12,000
CNY80,000 - 110,000
十六/十七世紀 銅鎏金善財童子立像

For a related gilt-bronze example of Sudhana, Qing
dynasty, see Selected Gems of Cultural Relics -
newly collected in the Palace Museum in the last fifty
Years, Beijing, 2005, pp.130-131, no.168.

Compare with a larger gilt-bronze figure of Sudhana,
17th century, which was sold at Sotheby’s Paris,
10 June 2015, lot 204.
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