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A PERCEL-GILT BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA
AMITABHA
LATE GORYEO-EARLY JOSEON DYNASTY (14TH-15TH CENTURY)
Seated Buddha on a low pedestal, the figure holding its hands in a
ritural gesture, the drapery falling in gentle pleats from the shoulder
and open at the chest
6√ in. (17.5 cm.) high
$15,000-25,000
For closely related sculpture, see Matsubara Saburo, Kankoku
Kondobutsu Kenkyu: Kodai Chosen Kondobutsu no Keifu (Research on
Korean Gilt-Bronze Buddhist Sculptures: A Compendium of Ancient
Korean Gilt-Bronze Buddhist Sculptures) (Tokyo: Yoshikawa
Kobunkan), 1985, p. 86, fig. 62
