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Auction archive: Lot number 132

A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDAI

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$19,640 - US$29,461
Price realised:
£12,500
ca. US$24,551
Auction archive: Lot number 132

A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDAI

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$19,640 - US$29,461
Price realised:
£12,500
ca. US$24,551
Beschreibung:

A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDAI
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDAI MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY Cast seated with the right knee raised, holding a sack full of cash on the left hand and a strand of praying beads on the right, wearing a loose robe falling off the right shoulder and open to reveal his full belly, the head surmounted by a five-leaf diadem each enclosing a figure of Buddha Amitabha, the face with a hearty laughing expression, the bronze lacquered overall in gilt and highlighted with red 12 in. (31 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 132
Auction:
Datum:
13 May 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
13 May 2008, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDAI
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDAI MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY Cast seated with the right knee raised, holding a sack full of cash on the left hand and a strand of praying beads on the right, wearing a loose robe falling off the right shoulder and open to reveal his full belly, the head surmounted by a five-leaf diadem each enclosing a figure of Buddha Amitabha, the face with a hearty laughing expression, the bronze lacquered overall in gilt and highlighted with red 12 in. (31 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 132
Auction:
Datum:
13 May 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
13 May 2008, London, King Street
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