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GILT Bronze Seated SAKYAMUNI

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:4,500.00 USD Estimated At:6,500.00 - 8,000.00 USD
GILT Bronze Seated SAKYAMUNI
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
Heavily cast, with good Gilding, this beautiful TIBETAN Sakyamuni is in the act of "Touching the Earth". The casting is well-made and detailed, as with robe edges, floral hand accoutrements, wrapped bands around the body at the front midsection (triparte Banner, symbolizing Victory), and interesting lattice-work at the back. Some of these design elements are surely Sect-specific. The face is serene, downcast and well-formed as are the many fine and small hair curls. Natural wear-through-the-gilding is noted on the upper back, nose & eyelids, right shoulder, and parts of the Lotus Throne. The patinated under base, of an older design, may be a replacement, and is holed. (When removing the base of a Tibetan sculpture and reconsecrating the contents, OR when preparing the sculpture for sale by taking away said consecrated objects, the underbase often gets damaged beyond reworking, and is replaced). 18/19th C. , 6-7/8" tall by 4-1/2" wide, the single-layer of Lotus petals that make up the Throne is Himalayan, and NEVER Chinese.
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