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    8 June 2010

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    • STATUE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI E
    Lot 413

    STATUE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN BOIS

    JAPON, EPOQUE MUROMACHI, XVEME-XVIEME SIECLE

    Price realised

    EUR 21,250

    Estimate

    EUR 8,000 - EUR 12,000

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    STATUE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN BOIS
    JAPON, EPOQUE MUROMACHI, XVEME-XVIEME SIECLE
    Représenté debout en samabhanga sur un socle lotiforme, la main droite en vitarkamudra, la gauche en varadamudra, vêtu d'une longue jupe en partie recouverte par un fin manteau plissé, le torse nu, le visage serein, les yeux mi-clos, les sourcils arqués, le nez aquilin, la bouche fine, l'urna incrustée, les oreilles percées, les cheveux et l'usnisha coiffés en boucles, monté sur une base postérieure ; le halo manquant
    Hauteur: 101 cm. (39¾ in.)

    Provenance

    From the Estate of Mrs X., Paris

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    Post Lot Text

    A WOOD FIGURE OF THE STANDING BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
    JAPAN, MUROMACHI PERIOD, 15TH/16TH CENTURY


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