A GILT-BRONZE SEATED BUDDHA MING DYNASTY

Estimate

450,000 - 600,000 HKD

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Description

bronze

cast seated in dhyanasana on a detachable hemispherical lotus pedestal rising on a stalk from a hexagonal stand, his hands resting in bhumisparsamudra and dhyanamudra, his bare chest centred with a wan symbol

Provenance

A private East German collection, purchased in 1990, by repute.
Sotheby's London, 16th May 2007, lot 343.

Catalogue Note

A related gilt-bronze figure of Buddha similarly cast seated on a lotus throne raised on a pedestal, was sold in these rooms, 17th November 1988, lot 228; another was sold in our London rooms, 2nd May 1985, lot 331; and a third was sold at Christie’s London, 5th July 1976, lot 140.