A GILT- AND RED-LACQUERED WOOD AND DRY-LACQUER FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

Estimated Value:

6.000 € - 10.000 €

Result:

9.712 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, 17th c.
H. 38 cm
Seated in vajrasana on an oval plinth with his right hand stretched forward while the left is showing the vitarkamudra, wearing monastic garment including an underskirt fastened around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front, a wide-sleeved mantle draped over both shoulders and falling down his body in large folds, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, blue coloured curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and set to the front with a ratna.
From the estate of the Hans Achim Lorentz collection (1899-1974) - Minor wear, few age cracks to the lacquer

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