Lot 73
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BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF KSITIGARBHA BODHISATTVA RIDING QILIN
MING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 578
Auction: 6 November 2019 at 12:00 GMT
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Description
明 銅鎏金地藏菩薩坐像
cast with a seated Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in lalitasana royal ease pose on a qilin, wearing a five-Buddha mitre and dressed in layered robes, his right arm half raised seemingly holding a staff in origin and a wish-fulfilling jewel in his left hand, the recumbent qilin has its two front legs half raised against the base, the bronze lacquered in red and dark green, highlighted with gilt paints on the heads of bodhisattva and the beast
Dimensions
16cm high