TWO SMALL CHINESE BRONZE FIGURES MING/QING DYNASTY One depicting the newborn Shakyamuni pointing...

TWO SMALL CHINESE BRONZE FIGURES

MING/QING DYNASTY

One depicting the newborn Shakyamuni pointing to the sky with one hand and the ground with the other, he stands upon an octagonal pedestal with a sinuous dragon crawling at his feet, the other cast as a luohan clad in robes standing upon an oval base, with the details of his eyebrows and facial hair picked out, 19cm and 18.5cm, 490g and 693g. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of William George Mackay Thomas (d.1960s) and thence by descent.