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Lot 1288
Sale 986 - Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art
Mar 29, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,500 -
2,000
Lot Description
An Unusual Gilt Bronze Figure of Seated Maitreya
銅鎏金彌勒菩薩坐像
seated in dhyanasana, holding a lotus-form bowl, adorned in jewelry and draped robes; the face having a square jaw and bearing a peaceful expression with eyes drawn closed; resting atop a double lotus plinth inscribed with an apocryphal Yongle mark on the upper portion.
seated in dhyanasana, holding a lotus-form bowl, adorned in jewelry and draped robes; the face having a square jaw and bearing a peaceful expression with eyes drawn closed; resting atop a double lotus plinth inscribed with an apocryphal Yongle mark on the upper portion.
Height 9 in., 23 cm.
Property from the Estate of W.M. Bogdanowicz, Naples, Florida