A PAIR OF MINIATURE GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF BODHISATTVAS

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A PAIR OF MINIATURE GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF BODHISATTVAS
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Cast in mirror image, each seated in maharajalilasana on a lotus, one holding a cintamani in the left hand, the other holding a willow branch in the right hand and an amphora in the left, with hair drawn up behind a diadem
1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high, box (2)

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1992.

Exhibited

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006.

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar gilt-bronze bodhisattva illustrated in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1989, fig. 347; a very similar pair included in the exhibition, Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei, 1993, no. 70; and another from the Frederick M. Mayer Collection, sold in our London rooms, 25 June 1974, lot. 136. See, also, the very similar pair sold in these rooms, 20 March 1997, lot 188.

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