SOUTH ASIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF STANDING BODHISATTVA

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Ca. AD 1800 - 1900. A bronze figure of a standing bodhisattva on a tiered rectangular pedestal. The face with arched brows, elongated eyes, and a smiling mouth, the hair arranged in long locks falling down the back beneath an elaborate diadem incorporating the Amitabha Buddha. The torso is bare and ornamented with a collar and layered necklaces, arms with armlets and bracelets. The figure wears a dhoti wrapped at the waist, with a central pleated panel and layered hems over the legs, the feet set apart on the plinth. Size: 510mm x 150mm; Weight: 5.3kg Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1970s on the Canadian art market.

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