GROUP OF THREE MINIATURE GILT BRONZE STATUES
LATE NORTHERN DYNASTIES TO EARLY TANG DYNASTY
£600
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
北朝末至初唐 袖珍型銅鎏金佛菩薩像(一組三件)
comprising: a figure of a bodhisattva, cast standing in tribhanga on an oval throne, backed by a high pointed nimbus, wears a long diaphanous robe, right hand raised, all elevated on a square openwork plinth; a figure of a standing arhat, slenderly rendered and supported on a domed plinth; and a figure seated in lalitasana raised on a globular base supported on a plinth
Dimensions
largest: 10.1cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Private Taiwanese collection