Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 820
A KOREAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1270
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Description
A KOREAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY
Depicted standing, wearing long flowing robes and a tall headdress with ribbons trailing down her shoulders, her hands held in the abhaya and varada mudras, the gestures of protective compassion and signifying the granting of wishes; raised on a modern wood stand, 21.5cm overall.
Provenance: from the collection of Robert L Stolper of Stolper Galleries, and thence by descent. Robert worked with Asian and African art from the 1940s onwards in Amsterdam, Munich, New York and the UK.