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A Gilt-Bronze Figure of a Bodhisattva
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
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A Gilt-Bronze Figure of a Bodhisattva
Late Ming dynasty, 17th century
Shown seated in dhyanasana with hands in vitarka and varada mudras, wearing a necklace with three pendent tassels and priest's robes cast with patchwork and with foliate borders, the hair worn in long knotted plaits and gathered up into a topknot within the openwork foliate crown centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha, the skin areas and parts of the crown lacquer-gilded
20¼in. (51.4cm.) high, stand
Late Ming dynasty, 17th century
Shown seated in dhyanasana with hands in vitarka and varada mudras, wearing a necklace with three pendent tassels and priest's robes cast with patchwork and with foliate borders, the hair worn in long knotted plaits and gathered up into a topknot within the openwork foliate crown centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha, the skin areas and parts of the crown lacquer-gilded
20¼in. (51.4cm.) high, stand