Lot Essay
(US$5,000-8,000)
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A CARVED BAMBOO FIGURE OF THE ASCETIC SAKYAMUNI
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A CARVED BAMBOO FIGURE OF THE ASCETIC SAKYAMUNI
18TH CENTURY
The emaciated figure is finely modelled seated, his chin resting on both hands supported by his raised right knee, his face with eyes downcast below furrowed brows giving a pensive expression, the top of his shaven head with a usnisa, the remaining part of his hair, moustache and beard combed in ringlettes, sparsely clad with a robe over one shoulder to reveal the exposed skeletal torso, arms and legs
5 1/4 in. (13.2 cm.), box
18TH CENTURY
The emaciated figure is finely modelled seated, his chin resting on both hands supported by his raised right knee, his face with eyes downcast below furrowed brows giving a pensive expression, the top of his shaven head with a usnisa, the remaining part of his hair, moustache and beard combed in ringlettes, sparsely clad with a robe over one shoulder to reveal the exposed skeletal torso, arms and legs
5 1/4 in. (13.2 cm.), box
(US$5,000-8,000)