A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI - photo 1

A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Lot 2875
30.11.2023 11:15UTC +08:00
Classic
Starting price
HKD 100 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 1076071
Lot 2875 | A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
Estimate value
HKD 100 000 – 150 000
A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

KASHMIR OR WESTERN TIBET, 10TH-11TH CENTURY

7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high





Provenance

A London private collection, by 1981, by repute

Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 24 September 2004, lot 57

Baroness Eva Bessenyey Collection

Sold at Christie’s New York, 17 March 2021, lot 444



Literature

U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p.133, 23B

Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24487



Exhibited

Christie’s Hong Kong, The Plum Ripens: Buddhist Art Along the Chinese Silk Road, 25-30 May 2023, Catalogue, no. 9
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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