A GILT-BRONZE SCULPTURE OF BODHISATTVA

Lot 256
22.03.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 726988
Lot 256 | A GILT-BRONZE SCULPTURE OF BODHISATTVA
Estimate value
$ 7 000 – 9 000
A GILT-BRONZE SCULPTURE OF BODHISATTVA

UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (8TH CENTURY)

Solid cast, the slender figure ornamented with a garland necklace across the neck and torso and drapery flowing in long, looping pleats from the waist and with remainders of further drapery that originally enwrapped the arms and that ends in an upward sweep above the feet, the head cast with a raised crown, the reverse side of the head with a mounting peg

5 1⁄2 in. (14 cm.) high







Provenance

Private Japanese collection, prior to 1994, and thence by descent within the family
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