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A RARE MINIATURE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A This charming little figure is part of a group of a set of figures A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 唐 鎏金銅佛坐像
BODHISATTVA of the same miniature size and pose. Exquisitely cast and TANG DYNASTY
LATE TANG DYNASTY/FIVE DYNASTIES richly gilt they may have been part of a miniature altar placed 來源
in a reliquary chamber underneath a pagoda in the late Tang serenely seated in dhyanasana on a richly draped base, his 法國私人舊藏
seated on a tiered double lotus pedestal with hands held in period. A set of figures from the collection of the Idemitsu right hand raised in abhaya mudra, his left hand resting on
namaskara mudra before the chest, wearing a diaphanous Museum of Arts, Tokyo, is published in Ancient Chinese Art his knee, a diaphanous robe draped over his shoulders and
robe and jewelled necklaces, the face with a contemplative in the Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, 1989, pl. 347. Several other falling in elaborate folds across his arms and gathering around
expression, the long hair pulled up into a topknot and secured examples have been sold at auction, compare two figures his legs, the broad face with a serene expression, framed by
with a circled crown missing the pedestal base, sold in Christie’s New York, 2nd pendulous earlobes, the hair gathered around the domed
(2) June 1989, lot 107, and another pair sold in Sotheby’s London, ushnisha
Height 6 cm, 2⅜ in. 5th December 1995, lot 26. Height 12.8 cm, 5 in.
‡ £ 10,000-15,000 PROVENANCE
Formerly in a French collection.
唐末/五代 鎏金銅菩薩坐像
£ 30,000-50,000

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