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  HU WENMING: GUI INCENSE BURNER

  Bronze with gilding. China, Ming, Wanli period (1573-1619) Fully signed, very typical, superbly crafted and above all a very rare Gui from the legendary workshop of Hu Wenming which was located in Yunjian. A total of only approx. 70 to 80 works are...

  Estimate : €12,000 - €40,000

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  RARE SCULPTURE OF THE BODHISATTVA SARASVATI

  Wood with a coloured base, bronze gilded, gilded copper repoussé and turquoise. Nepal, early 16th century Characterful sculpture of the goddess Sarasvati. Herbody is very feminine which also corresponds with the style of the era. The red colour of...

  Estimate : €22,000 - €45,000

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  THE BUDDHA OF THE SOUTHRATNASAMBHAVA

  Fire-gilded bronze. China, Ming Dynasty, 15th/16th century. Very well made, expressive Buddhist bronze sculpture, showing a transcendent Buddha or Bodhisattva. The main attribute is a golden spherical jewel (Cintamani) or symbol of the sun. Ratnasa...

  Estimate : €15,000 - €35,000

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  THE JINA-BUDDHA AKSHOBHYA

  Fire gilded bronze. Tibet, late 15th century An excellent, rare early and original depiction composed of two parts. The characterful lotus throne and Jina Akshobhya sitting on it in a lotus position, master of the Abhirati - paradise located in the...

  Estimate : €16,000 - €32,000

June, 2012