A FINE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BHAISAJYAGURU

Estimated Value:

2.500 € - 3.500 €

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incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, Kangxi to Qianlong period
H. 16,7 cm
The Medicine Buddha seated in vajraparyankasana on a double-lotus throne with beaded edges, the right hand extended in varadamudra and holding a the stem of the Myrobalan fruit, the left hand in dhyanamudra, clad in robes fastened high around the waist and secured with a belt, with outer robes loosely draped over the left shoulder and cascading in voluminous folds around the feet, the hems finely incised with floral motifs, further portrayed with a serene countenance framed by a pair of pierced long pendulous earlobes, all below an ushnisha atop hair neatly arranged in rows of small whorls.
Collection of the German painter Joachim Schlotterbeck (1926-2007), Wuerzburg, according to records bought from Lempertz Cologne in the 1960’s
A smaller gilt-bronze figure of that type was sold at Sotheby’s London, 17.5.2019, lot 267 - Very minor traces of age, very slightly chipped

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