A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PROBABLY MAUDGALYAYANA

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3.000 € - 5.000 €

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Description:

China, Yuan/ early Ming dynasty
H. 14,8 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a lotus base with both hands clasped in front of his chest, wearing a monastic garment, including an underskirt falling down on his naked feet and a wide-sleeved mantle covering his left shoulder, its borders cast with flowers and a geometric pattern, his emaciated body partly showing ribs, his elderly face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below bushy eyebrows, wrinkled forehead, elongated earlobes and bald head, unsealed.
Old southern German private collection, collected before 1990 - Minor wear and traces of age

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