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18TH-19TH CENTURY
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A REPOUSSÉ GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The figure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base, with right hand in bhumisparhamudra and the left resting in the lap, and wears a bead necklace with conch-shell pendant over a cloud color with diaper border and priest's robes, and a separate ribbon-hung five-point crown set atop the hair which is dressed in blue-painted tight curls that continue onto the ushnisha below a gilded pearl.
16 ½ in. (42 cm.) high
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The figure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base, with right hand in bhumisparhamudra and the left resting in the lap, and wears a bead necklace with conch-shell pendant over a cloud color with diaper border and priest's robes, and a separate ribbon-hung five-point crown set atop the hair which is dressed in blue-painted tight curls that continue onto the ushnisha below a gilded pearl.
16 ½ in. (42 cm.) high
Special notice
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