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Lot 517
A fine gilt-bronze of Prajnaparamita
Estimated Value:
2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result:
5.827 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th cent.H. 16,7 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base, his principle hands originally holding an attribute and the kalasha, both secondary ones with vajra and showing the tarjanimudra, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, its streamers encircling his arms and their finials falling down on the base, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with a five-leaf tiara ornamented with a pair of floating ribbons, resealed.
Important South German private collection assembled between 1956 and 2004, coll. no. 2, according to handwritten note on the collection card acquired by Joachim Baader, Schoettle Ostasiatica - Minim. traces of age
