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A pair of celadon saucer dishes with Jingwei tang zhi hall marks 18th/19th century
TRÈS RARE ET BELLE ASSIETTE EN LAQUE SCULPTÉE Marque et époque Jiajing (1522-1566)
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A large gilt lacquered bronze figure of a Bodhisattva
Ming dynasty

Fine Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$50,000 - US$70,000

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A large gilt lacquered bronze figure of a Bodhisattva

Ming dynasty
Possibly depicting Mahasthamaprapta as suggested by the kalasha on the front of the foliate crown that encircles his topknot, the deity also attired in pendant jewels and flowing robes as he sits dhyanasana with the right hand raised in the karanamudra, the surfaces showing remains of gilt lacquer and colored pigments.
23in (58.4cm) high

Footnotes

See two similar bronze figures, with little polychrome surface remaining and of smaller dimensions, Denise Patry Leidy, Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010, A56 and A5, p.183 (12.37.160 and 12.37.161), both dated 15th-16th century.

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A pair of celadon saucer dishes with Jingwei tang zhi hall marks 18th/19th century
TRÈS RARE ET BELLE ASSIETTE EN LAQUE SCULPTÉE Marque et époque Jiajing (1522-1566)