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Lot 530
Sale 5746 - ASIAN ARTS
Sep 9, 2017
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$20,000 -
30,000
Price Realized
$42,500
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Chinese carved, gesso-decorated and gilt wood figure of a Bodhisattva Ming dynasty
Seated in padmasana on a painted lotus, clad in elaborate draperies with raised gesso flower and scroll-patterns, wearing bodhisattva jewelry, and a five-leaf crown with trailing streamers; one hand raised, a jewel held between the fingers, the other hand extended, bearing a "medicine" vessel. A partial ink inscription to back of base.
Overall H: 24 in., 61cm