Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
Auction Closed
November 4, 07:52 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A RARE MINIATURE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
LATE TANG DYNASTY/FIVE DYNASTIES
唐末/五代 鎏金銅菩薩坐像
seated on a tiered double lotus pedestal with hands held in namaskara mudra before the chest, wearing a diaphanous robe and jewelled necklaces, the face with a contemplative expression, the long hair pulled up into a topknot and secured with a circled crown
(2)
Height 6 cm, 2⅜ in.