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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION

A PAIR OF JAPANESE GILT BRONZE
BODHISATTVAS
20TH CENTURY

each standing with one foot forward twisting slightly at the
hips while lowering one arm and extending the other upward in
the abhaya mudra symbolizing protection, his serene face and
graceful form complemented by a three-lobed diadem, simple
jewelry on the chest and arms, a owing narrow scarf, and a
long dhoti folded over the waist, the base stamped ‘Japan,’
wood stands (4)
Height 20⅝ in., 52.4 cm

$ 1,000-1,500

㖍㛔ġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ戭挷慹厑啑䩳⁷ᶨ⮵

1577

A JAPANESE BRONZE LOTUS FORM VASE
LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the exterior patterned allover with leiwen, the four-legged
stand cast together with the vessel as a single unit
Height 9½ in., 23.5 cm

$ 1,000-1,500

㖍㛔ġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨㛓ġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨⇅ġġġ戭咖⺷䒞

1578

PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION

TWO LARGE JAPANESE CEDAR TEMPLE
DOORS
19TH CENTURY

each lacquered black with an inset decorative panel; one panel
painted in polychrome with two boys playing on a porch, the
door’s verso with a mirror installed; the other panel with large
painted peonies (2)
Height of each 80½ in., 204 cm; Width 46¾ in., 119 cm

$ 2,000-3,000

㖍㛔ġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ㛐墥ㇱℑ㇯