Antique Chinese Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha, 18th 19th Century, Qing Dynasty RARE
Item History & Price
Hello, I am a professional antique and fine art seller oneBay, each week I will sell Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Southeast Asian antiques, it will also be a goodmixture of odd and unusual items. The items are bought in UK, Europe andWorldwide; I personally select each and every one of them according to my tasteand quality requirements, only genuine real antiques of the finest quality so bid with confidence. Please followmy page and also save me to makesure to see our items on s...ale on your personal feed. OBJECT// Antique Sino Tibetan museum quality 18th, 19th century gilt bronze buddha, this stunning object depicts a seated Monk with a beautiful serene expression, his features carefully depicted and chiselled, his hair picked out in coloured black pigment, he wears a monks robes decorated with chased floral decoration at the hem, his shoulder jewel inlayed with Turquoise, he holds a Mongoose (symbolic of wealth, not financial but knowledge) in his hands and is seated with his legs folded under him on a double cushion stand chased with fine geometric patterns. The baseplate is engraved with a double Vajra, the bronze skin is mercury gilt in gold and is warm and only a little warn in places, the piece is of a large size and a very good weight, 1.28KG, the object comes with a display block with a fine art retailers label from Cape Town, it looks to be 1950/60s, small description matching to the object on the label, on the bronze is western collection code references on the surface, this piece i have had a very long time and purchased from a dear friend and i hope it goes to a very good home, it will be missed, very important spiritual object, very much scholars taste, dating from the 18th/19th century, genuine antique object, superb colour and patina, serious collectors object. Small collection of interesting Tibetan high quality items this week so please see my other items. CONDITION// VeryGood SIZE// 16 CM in Height of the wooden base. 10.5 by 8 CM Wide the bronze alone.
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***Please note that we do combine postage if you buy more than one item, all items are sendout by Record/Signed For mail*** Thank you for the attention Best of luck