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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDAI
16th century
Well cast atop a lotus pedestal, the face with jovial
expression flanked by long pendulous ears, wearing
loose robes exposing his rotund belly, seated with his
right arm resting on his raised knee whilst holding a
beaded rosary, his left hand holding his cloth sack.
17.5cm (6 7/8in) high.

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 71,000

十六世紀 銅鎏金布袋佛坐蓮像

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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A MULTI-ARMED
AVALOKITESHVARA
Ming Dynasty
Cast with four heads and eight arms, seated in
dhyanasana, the principal hands held together before
the bare chest adorned with jewellery in anjalimudra,
with the attendant arms fanning out from the body
holding various attributes, the benevolent faces
framed by a crown, encircling the head of Amitabha
emerging from the top of the deity’s head, the ribbon
from the crown trailing down both shoulders.
24cm (9 1/2in) high.
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY71,000 - 110,000
明 銅鎏金四首八臂觀音菩薩坐像

A related gilt-bronze figure of multi-armed
Avalokiteshvara, Ming dynasty, 16th century was sold
at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3047.

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