A BRONZE FIGURE OF A DEITY

Lot 2879
30.11.2023 11:15UTC +08:00
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HKD 600 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 1075935
Lot 2879 | A BRONZE FIGURE OF A DEITY
Estimate value
HKD 600 000 – 800 000
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A DEITY

7TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BALHAE KINGDOM (AD 698-926)

5 7⁄8 in. (15 cm.) high, stand, box





Provenance

Henry H. Getty (1836-1919), New York

Weinberger & Co. Ltd., 1950.5



Literature

Alice Getty, The Gods of Northern Buddhism: Their History and Iconography (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1988 [reprint of 1928 edition]), no. 6c, as Gautama Buddha, Korean



Exhibited

Musée Cernuschi, Paris, ‘Hommage a Renee Grousset’, 1954

Christie’s Hong Kong, The Plum Ripens: Buddhist Art Along the Chinese Silk Road, 25-30 May 2023, Catalogue, no. 5
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