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Lot 3540

Four Chinese, Tibetan, and Gandhara Buddhist Items

Estimate: $400 - $600
Starting Bid
$200

Bid Increments

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Group of Four Chinese, Tibetan, and Gandhara Buddhist Items. Comprising: a long and thin Tibetan incense stick holder supported by four stylized floral legs, the cover and side decorated with Tibetan characters atop openwork carvings; a bell-shaped stupa with a reliquary body surmounted by a harmika adorned with strings of beads beneath a lotus parasol and bud finial, all resting on a double lotus pedestal; a seated Bodhisattva statue, the open chest revealing a Ruyi scepter necklace; a lidded reliquary carved from schist, in cubic form with a narrowed base, two opposing side carved with seated Buddhist deities, the rest of the surface incised with various leaves, the pyramid shape lid in the form of lotus, all atop a double layered circular petal. {Largest height: 16 inches (40.6 cm)}. Condition: Ask the Asian Art Department for more information.

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