A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A BUDDHA

Lot 3015
29.11.2022 13:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 1 500 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 861838
Lot 3015 | A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A BUDDHA
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HKD 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A BUDDHA

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The Buddha is seated in pralamba-padasana on a low throne, the sides inset with diminutive musicians, his feet supported by two lotus blossoms, with his right hand in varada mudra and his left in abhaya mudra, clad in a diaphanous sanghati with cascading folds, the face with serene expression and the hair in tight curls over the ushnisha.

24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm.) high, stand





Provenance

The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1996

Sold at Christie’s New York, The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part IV: Chinese Works of Art: Metalwork, Sculpture and Early Ceramics, 20 March 2015, lot 760
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