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IMPORTANTE STATUE D`AMITAYUS EN BRONZE

Starting price
€ 100 000
Auction dateClassic
14.06.2023 10:30UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
France, Paris
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ID 977771
Lot 195 | IMPORTANTE STATUE D'AMITAYUS EN BRONZE
IMPORTANTE STATUE D'AMITAYUS EN BRONZE

CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVÈME SIÈCLE

Il est représenté assis en vajrasana sur une socle lotiforme. Ses mains reposent sur ses cuisses en dhyanamudra. Il est paré de bijoux et vêtu d'un dhoti, un châle sur ses épaules. Son visage est empreint de sérénité. Ses cheveux sont ceints d'une couronne ; petite restauration, traces de dorure, non scellée.

Hauteur : 37,5 cm. (14 3/4 in.)





Provenance

German private collection, 1980s, by repute.

Christie's, New York, 21 March 2012, lot 796.



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Post lot text

AN IMPORTANT BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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