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877
PROPERTY FROM A SALT LAKE CITY PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BRONZE FIGURE OF SAMANTABHADRA
MING DYNASTY
seated in lalitasana on a recumbent caparisoned elephant, a
scroll in the proper left hand, the other hand in abhaya mudra,
adorned in a single-crest diadem and elaborate jewelry, with
traces of gilt lacquer
Height 9 in., 22.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Albert Rudolph (1928-1973), by repute.
Rosalind Ebert, New York, circa 1985.
$ 3,000-5,000
㖶ġġġ戭㘖岊厑啑⛸⁷
877
878
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A DAOIST DEITY
MING DYNASTY
the deity, possibly Wenchang, seated with joined hands holding
a hu tablet, the topknot secured by a lotus crown and hair pin,
with traces of gilding throughout
Height 14 in., 35.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Major Oswald Stanhope Benbow-Rowe (1890-
1940), and thence by descent.
$ 3,000-5,000
㖶ġġġ戭忻㔁Ṣ䈑⛸⁷
878
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