Bouddha assis en bronze partiellement laqué or Chine, dynastie Qing, marque et époque Qianlong (1736-1795)

assis en vajraparyankasana sur une base lotiforme, portant le dhoti brodé, les mains en dharmachakra mudra le visage serein, la chevelure retenue en un haut chignon surmonté d'un ornement, le visage, le torse, les mains et les pieds anciennement laqués or, la base portant une marque à sept caractères de l'empereur Qianlong dans un cartouche et deux autres inscriptions dédicatoires incisées à trois caractères ; base non scellée

The figure is in good overall condition with some expected wear to the gilding to the face, the chest and the hands as visible on the catalogue illustration ; the base is unsealed.
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For Qianlong seven-character mark bronze figures see the footnotes of lots 226, 227 and 228 of this sale.