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873
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA
LATE MING DYNASTY
the smiling rotund deity seated in rajalilasana, crowned with a
six-point diadem, the proper right hand resting on the raised
right knee holding a mala, with a small hound seated near the
hem of the robe
Height 7 in., 17.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Major Oswald Stanhope Benbow-Rowe (1890-
1940), and thence by descent.
$ 2,000-3,000
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873
874 874
PROPERTY FROM A SALT LAKE CITY PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GILT LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF
GUANYIN
SONG / YUAN DYNASTY
seated in rajalalitasana wearing a large pierced crown centered
with Amitabha, anked by smaller gures of an acolyte and
donors in o cial’s caps, the reverse of the throne inscribed Ju
Wenkui / Liu shi / tongzao (jointly cast by Ju Wenkui and Liu
Shi)
Height 11 in., 27.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Albert Rudolph (1928-1973), by repute.
Rosalind Ebert, New York, circa 1985.
$ 5,000-7,000
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所㔯烉ⶐ㔯櫩⇀㮷⎴忈
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