A FINE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

Estimated Value:

10.000 € - 15.000 €

Result:

14.815 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, late Ming dynasty
H. 35 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a small plinth, his right hand resting on his lap while the left is showing the abhayamudra, wearing monastic garment including an underskirt tied around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front and a wide-sleeved mantle covering both shoulders, its border finely cast with scrolling tendrils, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon with a pair of long tresses falling down his shoulders, secured with an openwork tiara decorated to its front with stylized ratnas and a pair of floating ribbons.
Private property, assembled before 2007 - Minor wear and slightly chipped, minor restorations

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