ID 1405109
Lot 974 | A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAIROCANA
Estimate value
HKD 5 000 000 – 10 000 000
LIAO DYNASTY (907-1125)
8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby's New York, 24 September 2020, lot 596
Literature
Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi, Gilt Bronze Buddhist Figures from Sui and Tang Dynasty, Osaka, 1993, p. 49, no. 133
Exhibited
Osaka, Kuboso Memorial Museum of Fine Art, Izumi, Gilt Bronze Buddha in Sui-Tang Dynasty, 3 October- 28 November 1993
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Liao dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Liao dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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