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18TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE FIGURE OF PUXIAN
18th Century
The bearded figure well cast seated in lalitasana atop a recumbent elephant with a lotus stem coiled around its trunk and its body adorned with beaded trappings hung with a bell, the bodhisattva wearing priest's robes and a narrow fillet around his head, his body inclined forward as he studies the unrolled scroll held in his hands, with fine splashes of gold allover reserved against the olive-brown patina
6in. (16.5cm.) high
18th Century
The bearded figure well cast seated in lalitasana atop a recumbent elephant with a lotus stem coiled around its trunk and its body adorned with beaded trappings hung with a bell, the bodhisattva wearing priest's robes and a narrow fillet around his head, his body inclined forward as he studies the unrolled scroll held in his hands, with fine splashes of gold allover reserved against the olive-brown patina
6in. (16.5cm.) high