The Phillip Allen Collection - 16th November 2023

Lot 1012

TWO JAPANESE BUDDHIST FIGURES

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £227

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Description

TWO JAPANESE BUDDHIST FIGURES
EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

The smallest fashioned in plaster and attached to a modern stand, depicting a bodhisattva on a lotus throne above swirling clouds, with traces of gilt and polychromy; the other of Amida Buddha seated with his hands held before him in a mudra and holding a begging bowl, the surface with remnants of gesso, 32cm and 40cm respectively. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).