A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA, POSSIBLY KSHITIGHARBA

Estimated Value:

1.800 € - 2.500 €

Result:

incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, 18th ct.
H. 12,5 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with both hands showing a form of vitarkamudra, wearing dhoti tightened around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front, cape draped over his shoulders, its streamers encircling the arms and the its finials falling on the base, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, his hair partly combed in a chignon with some tresses falling over the shoulders and secured with a six-leaf tiara, unsealed.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia, acquired before 2007
Minor wear to gilding, fingers partly damaged

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