Lot 1788
1788
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF BUDDHIST MONKS
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MRS. MONIQUE UZIELLI
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF BUDDHIST MONKS

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF BUDDHIST MONKS
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Each standing on a lotus pedestal and wearing loose robes draped over the shoulders and falling in crisp folds, the face with a serene expression framed by the elongated ears, the arms bent in front of the body with the left hand held in dhyana mudra and the right in apan mudra, the base fitted with a copper plate incised with a double vajra
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

The present pair of gilt-bronze figures of monks would likely have accompanied a larger, central figure, and would have been placed on either side. Compare the related treatment of the lotus base and robes seen on a larger (17.2 cm.) gilt-bronze figure of Kasyapa, dated to the 16th/17th century, illustrated by J. Spencer in Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1993, p. 153, no. 69.

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