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(US$30,000-40,000)
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A GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF SAKYAMUNI
LATE MING DYNASTY
The figure finely cast seated in pandmasana on a rounded triangular double lotus base, the hands in dhyana and bhumisparsa mudra, wearing an elaborate patchwork robe draped over the left shoulder and chased with flower-heads within quilted brocades, the eyes downcast in a medatitive expression, the long pendulous ears cut with vertical slots, the hair arranged in rows of small pointed whorls, retaining traces of black and blue pigments and surmounted by a bud-shaped unisa
25 3/8 in. (64.3 cm.) high
LATE MING DYNASTY
The figure finely cast seated in pandmasana on a rounded triangular double lotus base, the hands in dhyana and bhumisparsa mudra, wearing an elaborate patchwork robe draped over the left shoulder and chased with flower-heads within quilted brocades, the eyes downcast in a medatitive expression, the long pendulous ears cut with vertical slots, the hair arranged in rows of small pointed whorls, retaining traces of black and blue pigments and surmounted by a bud-shaped unisa
25 3/8 in. (64.3 cm.) high
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PLEASE NOTE: THE HEIGHT OF THIS FIGURE IS 34 CM. AND NOT AS CATALOGUED.