A GILT- AND RED-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A MONK

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500 € - 800 €

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Description:

China or Vietnam, early Qing-Dynasty
H. 37,5/41,5 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a lotus-base with his right hand lowered in varadamudra while the left is placed in front of his chest, wearing monastic garment including underskirt secured around his middle and a mantle covering both shoulders, cast swastika-emblem on his chest, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows and his hair combed backwards falling down his neck.
From an old German private collection (a sales representative in Asia), collected in the 1970s and 80s
Partly minor traces of age, right arm later, mounted on wood stand

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