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17TH-18TH CENTURY
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BAKULA
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The arhat is cast with long earlobes and a serene expression on his smiling face with the hair and eyes picked out in coloured pigment. He wears monk's robes decorated with chased floral decoration at the hem. He holds a mongoose in his hands and is seated with his legs folded under him on a double cushion stand chased with a large flower spray. The baseplate is decorated with a double vajra.
6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The arhat is cast with long earlobes and a serene expression on his smiling face with the hair and eyes picked out in coloured pigment. He wears monk's robes decorated with chased floral decoration at the hem. He holds a mongoose in his hands and is seated with his legs folded under him on a double cushion stand chased with a large flower spray. The baseplate is decorated with a double vajra.
6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Asian Collection.
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