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The Estate of the Late Dr. Paul Otto Taubert; Jewellery — Sotheby's

Auction House:Sotheby'sNumber of lots recorded:290
Sale Title:The Estate of the Late Dr. Paul Otto Taubert; JewelleryLots with images:199
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:174
Date:1-May-2007
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A gilt bronze figure of Me Tog Bzang Po, Chinese, mid to late 18th century, wearing a dhoti and seated in dhyanasana, his hands is bhusmiparsha mudra on a double lotus base Qianlong mark, Sanskrit mark. Me Tog Bzang Po translates as 'The Ben
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A Blue and White Baluster Vase, Yhongzeng Mark, Late 19th century, painted with birds amongst flowering peony and rockwork, 34 cm high
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A pair of gilt bronze figures of Buddha, Chinese, 17th century, each seated in dhyanasana, wearing a dhoti and a Crown, wearing body jewellery with a swasticka on the chest, one with hands in dyana mudra and the other holding an object, sea
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A blanc de chine Figure of Guanyin, Late 17TH/ Early 18th century, the seated figure clad in flowing robes with long tied hair, holding a ruyi sceptre in her right hand on a rockwork base, 36 cm high
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An embroidered silk hanging of Sadaksari Avalokitesvara, Chinese, 19th/20th century, the central figure depicted holding his attributes of lotus, bow, arrow and rosary beads with his central two hands clasped in prayer, flanked by two respe
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A Bronze Figure of A Yama and His Consort Yami, Chinese, 19th century, depicted in sexual union with his consort Yami, wiedling a club topped by a skull in his right hand and two pointed hooks in his left hand, his consort holding a trident
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A Large Bronze Figure of Garuda, Chinese, 20th century, standing with legs astride, holding a stake in his left hand and an axe in his right hand, 92 cm high
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A Bronze Archaistic Two-Handled Tripod Censer Ding, Ming Dynasty, 17th century, the outward turned handles above a band of taotie masks on a key fret background, 38 cm high
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A Bronze Figure of A Court Dignitary, Chinese, Ming Dynasty, 17th century, seated, holding a musical stone, clad in flowering robes with a high cap of office, 37.5 cm high
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Chinese School, 19th century, of a black and white cat amongst peony and rockwork in a garden, 109 by 40 cm
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A gilt bronze figure Samantabhadra as a monk, Chinese, 18th century, an elegant standing in princely robes holding a lotus stem and wearing an elaborate foliate Crown with a deity to the centre, inset with a pearl. Samantabhadra is seen as
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A gilt bronze figure of a Bodhisattva, Chinese, 17th century, seated in Royal Ease on a qilin holding a ruyi sceptre in his left hand, each foot of the animal rests on a lotus. Height 27.5 cm
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A Bronze Standing Figure of A Child Deity, Chinese, with the right hand pointing to the ground and his left hand raised, wearing a lioncloth, on a double lotus base, inscription to the base, 13.5 cm high
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A Gilt Bronze Figure of Tsong Kha Pa, Tibetan, 18th Century, his hands in teaching gesture, the left holding a lotus and a lozenge shaped book, his right holding a lotus holding the sword of wisdom, with his pointed pandit hat, seated on a
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A gilt bronze figure of green Tara, Tibetan, 16th/17th century, her left arm raised in reassurance and her right pendant arm in a gesture of giving, her right leg resting on an elegant lotus foot stool sprouting from the lotus base, wearing
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A fine gilt bronze figure of Jambhala, Tibetan, 17th/18th century, seated in Royal Ease clad in armour and wearing an ornate Crown and body jewellery, holding a mongoose in his right hand, a medicinal myrobalan fuit in his left, with his fo
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A gilt bronze figure of Vajrapani, Tibetan, 18th century, standing upon two snakes wearing a tiger skin dhoti, with a vajra thunderbolt in his right hand, wearing lavish jewellery with the wheel of Dharma on his chest, a serpent lies across
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A gilt bronze and repousse figure Padmasambhava, Tibetan, 19th/20th century, the gilt bronze figure seated in dhyanasana holding a vajra in his lap and a vajra raised in his right hand, elegantly clothed wearing a high Crown, upon a lotus b
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A gilt bronze Sino Tibetan figure of Vajrabhairava, 19th century, the multi-armed deity wearing a multi-head headdress, clasping his consort in sexual Union, offering his a skull cup filled with pure wisdom and using a skull cup and vajra c
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A Gilt Bronze Figure of White Tara, Tibetan, 20th Century, seated in dhyanasana with two lotus flowers at her shoulders, wearing an ornate crown and body jewellery, 11 cm high
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A Bronze Figure of Milarepa, the Yogi Saint, Tibetan, 17th Century Or Earlier, seated in Royal Ease with his right hand raised to his ear, 6 cm high
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A gilt bronze figure Tsong Kha Pa, Tibetan, 16th century, seated in dhyanasana and clad in a dhoti, holding a flowering lotus with attributes, the hands are held in the gesture of teaching with a beatific smile, upon a lotus base. Tsong Kha
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A Gilt Copper Caryatid With Two Addorsed Deities, Tibetan, 15th century, depicting two deities Vajrapani, holding a vajra in his lower right hand and gesturing with his left hand the rejection of evil, addorsed with Tara, whose lower two ha
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A thangka of the Third Panchen Lama (1738-1780), Tibetan, 19th century, Gouche on sized canvas Lobsang Paldem Yeshe seated holding a book in his lap with his right hand in the teaching gesture, above him is the red deity Amitabha and Vajrabh
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A Paubha of Sukhavati Lokesvara, Nepalese, 19th century/20th century, seated with his consort on his lap, above a row of five variant forms of himself, in the very bottom row are four diminuitive donor figures worshipping three central deit
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A large gilt copper repousse figure of Amoghasiddhi, Nepal, dated November 1758/1759, seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, the principal right hand in abhaya mudra and left hand in dyana mudra, the other hands holding a bell, bow, a
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A bronze figure of Manjusri, Tibetan, 18th century, seated in dhyanasana on a Pala style Indian base, wearing an ornate Crown and wearing body jewellery, holding the sword of wisdom in his right hand and above his left shoulder is a lotus m
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A Gilt Bronze Figure of Padmapani, Sino-Tibetan, seated with crossed ankles wearing a high crown and body jewellery, 7.5 cm high
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A gilt bronze figure of Amitabha, Chinese, 18th century, seated in dhyanasana, clad in a dhoti and wearing an ornate Crown and body jewellery, on a raised rectangular plinth in front of a raised mandorla. Height 20 cm
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A bronze figure of Maitreya, the future Buddha, Nepalese, 15th century, seated in dhyanasana with hands in the preaching gesture, wearing a dhoti and body jewellery inset with precious and semi-precious stones, a lotus rests at each shoulde
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A gilt bronze figure of Chandra, Nepalese, 15th century, seated in dhyanasana, wearing an elegant high Crown and body jewellery with precious and semi-precious stones, upon a charot pulled by seven geese. Chandra is the deity of the moon, s
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A gilt copper figure of Manjuvajra, Nepalese, possibly 19th century, seated with his consort upon a lotus base with a raised shaped plint and foliate mandorla, holding a vajra, bell, sword, bow, arrow, before him is seated a diminutive Gree
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A gilt bronze figure of Amitabha, Chinese, 18th century, seated in dhyanasana, elegantly crowned and bejewelled, seated on a double lotus base. Height 16.5 cm
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A gilt bronze figure of Avalokitesvara, Nepalese, 20th century, depicted with eight-arms, eleven heads with a diminutive Amitabha, as his top most head, dressed in princely robes decorated with jewels. Height 16.5 cm
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A gilt bronze figure of an Offering goddess, Tibetan, 19th century, wreathed with a scarf, one leg raised wearing pleated dhoti, dancing on an elaborate lotus base, beneath the lotus is an elaborate floriate scroll. Height. Height 7 cm @
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A Gilt Copper Figure of Sakyamuni Buddha, 16th Century, seated in bhumisparsha wearing a dhoti with a vajra resting before him, 11 cm high
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A gilt bronze figure of Sakyamuni Buddha, Nepalese, 19th/20th century, seated in bhumisparsha on a chariot pulled by two horses, surrounded by an elaborate pair of pillars and a mandorla. Height 16 cm
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A Bronze Figure of Amitayus, the Deity of Longlife, Tibetan, 19th century, seated in dhyanasana holding a vajra, wearing an elaborate crown and princely robes on a lotus base, 14.5 cm high
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A gilt bronze figure of green Tara, Nepalese, 20th century, seated with her left foot resting on an elaborate lotus base with her left hand raised in reassuarance and giving succour with her right hand, she is flanked by two lotus with a ra
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A Gilt Bronze Figure of Padmanartesvara, Nepalese, 18th/19th century, depicted in his dancing pose with his right knee resting upon an lotus and holding lotus flowers in his eighteen hands, wearing a crown with a small figure of Amitabha in
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A Bronze Devi, Possibly Tara, Nepalese, 20th Century, standing holding two lotus stems in her hands, with two lotus flowers resting at her sides, with incised lower garment, her hair is fixed in an horizontal chignon, 46.5 cm high
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A Gilt Copper Figure of Vajrasattva, Tibetan, 15TH/16th century, seated in dhyanasana with his arms held across his chest, his right hand holding a vajra and in his left, a ritual bell, wearing a crown and body jewellery inset with semi-pre
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A Part of A Stele Representing A Figure of An Attendant, White Marble, West Indian, 13th century, standing in the tribhanga posture under a niche with elaborate architectural decoration, wearing a bejewelled headdress, earrings, chokers, wa
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A grey sandstone fragment of a female figure, central Indian, Chandella style, 12th century, the head with an elaborate hairdo with a large chignon and a recumbent bun, the figure wearing heavy earrings, a large choker with a pendant
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A Seated Figure of Buddha, Burmese, 18th Century, seated in bhumisparsha with a beatific smile, wearing a dhoti and a high usnisha with long pendulous ears on a raised oval base, 23.5 cm high
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A Bronze Figure of Durga, Javanese, 9TH/10th century, seated upon a buffalo with eight arms holding various objects, removing the Buffalo Spirit with her second left hand, surrounded by a halo, 11 cm high
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A Thai Red Sandstone Head of Buddha, 16th century, with tightly knotted curls in the hair, with a downward gaze and serene expression, long pendulous earlobes and raised eyebrows, 33 cm high
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A Blue/Grey Schist Fragment of A Narrative Stone Depicting A Scene of the Life of the Buddha, Ghandaran, 2ND/3RD Century, a section of the Buddha's halo visible on the upper left panel, with a celestial being throwing flowers, a satyr-like
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A Biege Sandstone Stele Representing A Seated Vaishnavi, Central Indian, 12th century, depicted seating in lalitasana upon a Vidyadhara with halo and wearing earrings, necklaces and a precious waistband, the upper arms are holding two gadas
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A sandstone figure of a Durga-Ambika, central Indian, possibly 12th century, seated in lalitasana upon a throne with composite animals on the sides, the goddess supporting a child on her lap with the lower left hand
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An Architectural Fragment of Yellowish Sandstone, Central Indian, 12th Century, depicting on one side five figures of Vidyadharas and celestial musical players in the middle of floral decorative bands, the back side is decorated floral moti
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Three Qajar Pottery Polychrome Tiles, Persian, 19th century, each painted with a figure amongst flowers within a thin blue border, 33.5 cm by 24 cm
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A Reddish Stone Head, Veracruz Style, with pronounced forehead and sunken eyes, 20.5 cm high
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A Veracruz Green Granite, Hacha, 450-650AD, carved with a raised headdress with a flattened nose and pronounced lips, 17 cm high
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A Stone Mixtec Effigy, with a headdress and pronounced facial features, seated with his hands on his knees, 46 cm high
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A Biege Sandstone Figure of A Shaivite, Central Indian, 12th century, with four arms depicted in the tribangha posture, wearing a tall headdress decorated with jewels and lotuses, heavy earrings, beaded necklaces and a yajnopavita
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A Polished Black Basalt Stele With Vishnu, Pala-Sena Period, Mid 11th/12th century, the four armed figure standing on a lotus pedestal in the centre, flanked by his two consorts, both standing on a lotus, Lakshmi holding a fly whisk
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A Grey Stone Teotihuacan Mask, 450-650 AD, carved with angular features, 12.5 cm high
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A Biege Sandstone Fragment of Sculpture of Brahma, Central Indian, 11TH/12th Century, with tall chignon decorated with jewels, round earrings and broad chokers with radiating decorations and beads, with facial features similar to a Rishi, w
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A polished black basalt figure of the God Surya, Pala period, Bengal or Bihar, 10th century, the figure standing, wearing a tall Crown with floral decorations, heavy earrings, necklaces and a waistbands with hanging decorative pendants. The
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A polished black basalt sculpture representing a seated Buddha, Pala period, Bengal or Bihar, 10th century, dressed in monastic robes and seated in bhumishparsha mudra, the top part of the stone decorated with elegant floral scrolls forming
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A Head of A Buddha, Ghandaran, 2ND/3RD Century, Blue/Grey Schist, slightly turned to the right with part of the halo still visible behind the head, 16 cm high
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A standing Bodhisattva, Ghandaran, grey schist, 3rd century, standing with a slightly bent left leg, clad in princely attire with turban and heavily decorated with jewellery
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A set of three blue schist panels depicting the life of the Buddha, Ghandara, 2nd/3RD century, the first depicting the nativity of the Buddha, with Mayadevi depicted in the centre in shalabanjika posture, the Buddha is emerging from her rig
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A bronze figure of Bala Krishna, India Vijayanagar period, 14th/16th century, in trebanga posture clad with body jewellery and holding a ball in the right hand on a shaped raised square base. Height 11.5 cm
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A bronze figure of a horse, Indian Maharashtra, 18th century, standing in riding accoutrements with a plume on his head on a raised rectangular plinth19.5 cm high. Together with a bronze figure of a Cow, Indian Rajasthan, 16th/17th century
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A Fragment of A Whiteish Sandstone Figure of Surya, Central Indian, 12TH/13th Century, depicted in the tribangha posture with beautifully carved facial features and an elaborate hairdo and is wearing earrings, necklaces and waistbands, 28 cm
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A Gilt Bronze Figure of Durga, Indian, 18th Century, with a lion at her feet, to her right foot is a yoni and a lingam combined with a mandorla13 cm high. Together With A Gilt Bronze Figure of Durga, Indian, 18th CENTURYstanding, holding her
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A bronze figure of Vajrasana Buddha, Pala, 11th/12th century, seated in dhyanasana with hands in bhumisparsha wearing a dhoti, seated upon a lotus throne with a vajra and series of plinths, surrounded by a mandorla topped by a finial and tw
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A Bronze Figure of Ganesha, Indian, 18th/19th century, with four arms holding various objects on a raised lotus base, 13 cm high
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A Gilt Bronze Jain Tirthankara, Probably Gujarata, Possibly 15TH/16th Century Or Earlier, the central figure surrounded by fourteen figures seated in meditation, with numerous other figures, the central Tirthankara seated in dhyanasana on a
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A Group of Three Bronze Heads of An Adorned Buddha, Thailand, 16TH/17th century, each adorned with a decorative headdressQuantity: 3, 11 cm, 7 cm and 6.5 cm high
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A Group of Five Bronze Heads of Buddha, Thailand, Possibly 16TH/17th century, each with tightly curled hair and usnishaQuantity: 5, 9 to 14 cm high
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A Bronze Head and Torso of Buddha, Thailand, Possibly 17th century, with tightly curled hair and usnisha with a dhoti draped across the right shoulder18 cm high. Together With A Bronze Head and Torso Fragment of Buddha, Thailand, 16th/17th C
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A bronze figure of a seated Buddha, Thai, 14th century, Sukhothai style period, seated in Bhumisparsha mudra with a meditative, calm facial expression, the details of the face, the monastic robe across the chest and the hands are denoting t
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A Seated Bronze Figure of Vajrasattva, Khmer, 12th century, in dyanasana holding an object in the right hand, wearing body jewellery and a headdress, surrounded by a mandorla surmounted by banners and an umbrella, on an oval base, 16 cm high
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A Bronze Standing Figure, Khmer, wearing a lioncloth, holding objects in each hand and wearing a headdress with a seated bodhisattva and body jewellery, 10.5 cm high
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A Khmer Bronze Element For Carrying A Palanquin, 12th Century, with mythical figures and floral decorations15.5 cm high. Together With A Khmer Figure of Avalokitesvara With Eleven Headas and One Thousand Arms, 12th CENTURYstanding image of A
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A Seated Bronze Figure of the Buddha Muchalinda, Khmer, 12th Century, seated in dyanasana upon a cobra, wearing a headdress and body jewellery surrounded by a cobra mandorla, 13.5 cm high
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A Seated Figure of Buddha, Burmese, 18th century, seated in bhumisparsha wearing a dhoti with an usnisha and long pendulous ears upon a hexagonal base, 39 cm high
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A Bronze Kneeling Figure of A Vishvarkaman, the Celestial Architect, Khmer, 12th Century, wearing a lioncloth with body jewellery and a decorative headdress, holding an axe in his right hand and a rosary in his left, 16.5 cm high
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A Bronze Figure of Walking Buddha, Northern Thailand, 15th century, wearing a dhoti with the right hand in vitarka mudra, 30 cm high
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A gilt bronze standing Buddha, Thai, late Ayuthya period, early 18th century, with his right hand raised in varadra mudra the gesture of gift giving and protection. Height 98 cm
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A White Soapstone Figure of Shiva and Parvati, Northern Indian, 19th century, seated in lalitasana with four arms, the upper right hands holding a trident, the upper left hand holding a sword, the lower right hand holding a rosary, the godd
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A Bronze Figure of Shiva, Indian, 20th century, standing in a trebunga pose wearing a high headdress with a Wheel of Dharma at the back, holding a club in his right hand and an animal in the left, with his principle hands in vitarka mudra
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A Fragment of Buddha Head, Bronze, Thai, Ayutthaya Period, 15th century, with long pendulous ears and a usnisha with a beatific smile, 16 cm high
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A Base of A Miniature Stupa Depicting Four Buddhas, Ghandaran, 2ND/3RD Century, Pale Greenish Schist, the square base of a votive stupa, with four seated Buddhas in padmasana on a low plinth, the head and shoulders surrounded by halos, in o
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A Bronze Netsuke of A Traveller With A Sack, depicting Daikoku, with a hat and holding a mallet in his left hand 4 cm high. . Together With A Soapstone Figure of A BOYseated with his right leg bent and a dogQuantity: 2, 5 cm high
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An Ivory Okimono, Meiji Period (1868-1912), depicting figures in a boat with a dragon figure headsigned, 12 cm long
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A Japanese lacquered wood figure of Buddha, 19th century, seated in dhyanasana hair tightly knotted clothed in long flowing dhoti, 41 cm high
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A Fine Wood Nestuke of A Goat, 19th century, the animal prostrate with head slightly raisedsigned Sekko, 5 cm long . Together With A Wood Netsuke of A Laughing Man, 19th CENTURYholding a fan in his right hand5 cm high. Together With A Wood Ne
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A Giltwood Figure of Buddha, Japanese, Edo Period, elegantly clad in robes with his hands in vitarka mudra, standing on an open lotus flower, upon an elaborate tiered stand, surrounded by a foliate mandorla, 85.5 cm high
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A Fragment of Head, Javanese, Majapahit Period, 15th century, fragment of a head of a Dvarapala, a guardian, or of a Yaksha, a spirit of nature, with prominent fangs
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A Yellow Sandstone Head of Vishnu, Central Indian, 12th Century, wearing a tall tiara and earrings with part of the halo visible behind the head, 22 cm high
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A Dark Pink Sandstone Fragment of A Head, Central Indian, 9TH/10th century, with characteristic hairstyle of radiating braids and flattened hair to the front with two curls above the eyes18 cm high. The head could have been pertinent to a Ch
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A Grey Stone Seated Figure of Buddha Muchalinda, 20th Century, seated in dhyanasana on a hexagonal base with a cobra motif to the centre, surrounded by a mandorla of cobras, 89 cm high
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A Pink Sandstone Figure of A Yakshini, Central Indian, 12th Century, the tree-goddess is wearing a floral headdress, earrings, necklace and a choker with a long pendant, 29 cm high
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A Pink Sandstone Relief of An Erotic Scene, Central Indian, 20th century, two embracing figures, the female left foot rests upon a lotus flower, both figures are naked, wearing earrings and both have their hair tied in a chignon, 36.5 cm hig
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An Indian Miniature, Northern Indian, 18th century, depicting a deity within a gazebo accompanied by attendants within a garden setting, 20 by 14 cm
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A polychrome wood figure of the Madonna and Child, south German, 17th century, the Madonna figure standing and clad in red robes and wearing a high Crown, holding the Christ child who holds a ball in his left hand and his right hand is raised
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