Dezember 2016 (A143) - Auction: 15.12.2016, 09:00
–Auction completed
1037. Grosse Portraitfigur des Arhat Gopaka
Nordchina, sinotibetisch, 18./19.Jh. Bronze, feuervergoldet. Kaltbemalung an Mund und Augen. Darstellung des Arhats mit einem Sutrenbuch in der linken Hand, seine Rechte in vitarka mudra. Er trägt einen abnehmbaren Hut sowie eine faltenreiche Robe, deren Saum mit Blumenbrokat verziert ist. Er sitzt auf einem rechteckigen Meditationskissen. Verschluss graviert mit doppelter Visvavajra. H 31 (mit Hut H 34 cm).
Provenienz: Schweizer Privatbesitz seit mindestens 1920
Estimate: CHF 15'000 - 18'000EUR 14'290 – 17'140
Hammer Price: CHF 210'000
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