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A BRONZE FIGURE OF ZHUNTI GUANYIN
YUAN - MING DYNASTY
cast seated in dhyanasana, two pairs of the eighteen arms
centered in front of the elongated torso in uttarabodhi mudra
and holding a tablet, the others fanned out holding various
implements, with a Chinese court headdress crowning the
tresses knotted and trailing down the shoulders, supported
on a triple-lotus base raised on a high cylindrical standard,
possibly associated, further raised on a squared base with high
relief waves above a squared bracket base
Height 15 in., 38.1 cm
$ 30,000-50,000
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
A LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF AMITABHA
LATE MING DYNASTY
carved in a meditative pose of dhyanasana and dhyana mudra,
in robes and a ribbon-cinched dhoti with undulating pleats
falling about the shoulders and gathered around the knees,
covered overall in a dark brown lacquer showing traces of gilt
120 lacquer save for the blue-pigmented spiral-knotted hair around
the ushnisha and cudamani, the back with a consecratory
cavity
Height 26 in., 66 cm
$ 12,000-18,000
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