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Lot 48
A gilt-bronze figure of a seated lama
Estimated Value:
2.500 € - 3.500 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th cent.H. 17,7 cm
Seated with legs crossed on a double cushion incised with various floral and geometric musters, covered with a blanket, his right hand raised in the vitarkamudra while the left is resting on his lap, both holding lotus stems, originally flowering along his upper arms, wearing a monastic robe, including an underskirt and a mantle, its border incised with a scrolling tendril design, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge and his head topped with the specific bonnet, unsealed.
From the collection of the chemist, engineer and director of Merck & Co. Heinrich Georg Johann Harms (3 Sept. 1906-28 June 1975) and his wife Eva Harms (10 Nov. 1905-13 Oct. 1998), largely collected in Shanghai between 1935 and 1942 - Attributes lost, very minor wear and traces of age
