Asian Art I - 20th May 2015
Lot 50
A RARE CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA 18TH CENTURY Seated with his knees slightly apart...
Estimate £7,000 - £9,000 | Hammer £7000
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Description
A RARE CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA
18TH CENTURY
Seated with his knees slightly apart on a rectangular plinth, with jewelled adornments and an elaborate headdress, his hands raised before him, his feet resting on a support projecting at the front of the base, inscribed with three characters which read mei de li, 17cm.
Provenance: from the collection of Frederick H Jewell (1836-1906), who served as an orderly on HMS Actaeon during the second Opium War, and thence by descent.