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8038 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
8038
8039 A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
26 | BONHAMS Ming dynasty
The goddess cast with gently smiling pursed lips and downcast eyes
beneath the high foliate tiara enclosing the Amitabha Buddha, the
hair falling in long ropes over the shoulders, the chest embellished
with jewelry strands and the elegant fingers forming the gestures
vitarka mudra with the right hand and avakasha mudra with the left,
the incised robe spread around the crossed feet, all raised on a
separately cast triple-layered lotus petal pedestal, wood stand.
15 1/2in (39.5cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000

明 銅鎏金觀音坐像

8039
A BRONZE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI
Ming dynasty
The figure seated in dhyanasana with downcast eyes and hands
posed in the dhyana mudra, attired in loose robes incised with ornate
floral patterns, the garments open to the waist but covering both
shoulders, his face bearing a serene expression, framed by pendulous
earlobes and prominent curls of hair surrounding a low ushnisha, the
surface lacquered and with remnants of gilt visible in crevices.
11 3/8in (29cm) high
$8,000 - 12,000

明 銅釋迦摩尼坐像

A large bronze figure of Shakyamuni with very similar casting, and stylistic
parallels, especially in the rendering of the facial features, was sold at in
our San Francisco rooms, 21 June 2011, sale 18888, lot 8184.