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Lot 109
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PROBABLY SARIPUTRA
Estimated Value:
600 € - 1.000 €
Schätzpreis:
1.800 €
Description:
Tibeto-Chinese, late 18th c.H. 15,8 cm
Standing on a separate cast lotus-base with his right hand formerly holding the mendicant-staff while the left is supporting the alms-bowl, wearing monastic garment including a dhoti secured with a belt around the middle and mantle leaving his right shoulder bare, the border incised with a floral design, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes and bald head, unsealed.
Important German private collection, assembled in the 1970s and 80s, partly acquired by Schoettle East Asian Art, Stuttgart
Minor wear
