Lot  926 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2013 Hong Kong

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2013 Hong Kong

A BODHISATTVA TORSO

11-12TH CENTURY

Finely modeled with a raised urn in between the arched eyebrows above eyes in gentle contemplation, further cast with an elaborate network of jewelry chains festooned across the bare torso, the right ear adorned with a large disk earring with a swirling floral design and encircled by beads, the armlets feature a face of glory kirtimukha on a triangular foliate leaf above the waist emblazoned with further jewelry chains.

H 82 cm

Estimate

TWD 13,846,000-19,231,000

HKD 3,600,000-5,000,000

USD 464,500-645,200

Sold Price

TWD 14,769,231

HKD 3,840,000

USD 495,484


EXHIBITED
Taipei venue of the traveling exhibition,"Wisdom and Compassion" 1998. "Tibet: Tradition and Change" at the Albuquerque Museum, October 18, 1997-January 18, 1998.

ILLUSTRATED
Marylin Rhie and Robert Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion, Taiwan, 1998, no. 142.
N.R. Ray, Karl Khandalavala and S. Gorakshkar, Eastern Indian Bronzes, Bombay, 1986.
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Chinese Works of Art

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2013 Hong Kong

Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 2:30pm