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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A SUPERBLY CAST GILT- 明宣德 鎏金銅觀音菩薩坐像
BRONZE FIGURE OF
AVALOKITESHVARA 來源：
MING DYNASTY, XUANDE Colonel Robert Coleman Hall Brock（1861-1909年）及 Alice
PERIOD Gibson（1861-1925年）收藏，費城，賓夕法尼亞州
Henry Gibson Brock（1886-1940年）及 Margaret Cust
seated in rajalilasana with the right arm rested on the raised Burgwin（1926-1961年）收藏，Muncy，賓夕法尼亞州，後於
right leg, wearing an ornate dhoti tied with a bejewelled belt 家族傳承
with radiating tassels, falling into a voluminous hem heavily 紐約佳士得2014年9月18/19日，編號1025
embellished with bands of florets and foliate scrolls, the chest
similarly adorned with beaded necklaces, draped around the
shoulders and arms with a goat pelt falling into heavy swags
on the reverse, the face with a benevolent expression detailed
with downcast eyes and a benign smile, crowned by a five-
leaf diadem before a high chignon set with a seated figure of
Amitabha Buddha, stand
26 cm, 10¼ in.

PROVENANCE

Collection of Colonel Robert Coleman Hall Brock (1861-1909)
and Alice Gibson (1861-1925), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Collection of Henry Gibson Brock (1886-1940) and Margaret
Cust Burgwin (1926-1961), Muncy, Pennsylvania, and thence
by family descent.
Christie’s New York, 18th/19th September 2014, lot 1025.

HK$ 8,000,000-12,000,000
US$ 1,030,000-1,540,000

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