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Seated Tomb SHAMAN

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD
Seated Tomb SHAMAN
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.
Large and important Han pottery figure, 14" tall, 9-1/4" wide and about 4" deep. He would have been made to accompany the aristocratic deceased into the next world and aid in his transition to the afterlife. Nicely modeled grey clay body which has a pigmented slip covering which likely turned from white to buff-color in the firing. The figure is kneeling in meditation, robed, and having an interesting hat and cloth covering that continues down his back. His hands emerge from the sleeves of his robe and red cinnabar is seen nearby, suggesting he is holding something of importance (hidden by the hands covering it). Two spiritual attributes, ill-defined, are at the sides of his arms and foretell their common use in later Buddhist sculpture. An impressive sculpture whose importance cannot be overstated.
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