A bronze figure of a Bodhisattva. Ming dynasty or earlier - image-1

Lot 685 Dα

A bronze figure of a Bodhisattva. Ming dynasty or earlier

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
08.12.2018, 13:00 - China
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.875 € (incl. premium)

A bronze figure of a Bodhisattva. Ming dynasty or earlier

Seated in meditation on a lotus flower, the hands in dhyana mudra holding a jewel, on the head a high crown. Black lacquer patina with traces of gilding. Inside the old accession number C 98. and the collector's number 269.
Height 25.6 cm

Provenance

Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, acc. no. C 98. According to the accession book traded for book from Franz Xaver Bachem on 5.10.1923