Lot #115 - An Impressive Ivory-Glazed Figure Of Damo (Bodhidharma)
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Auction House:Sotheby's Australia
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Sale Name:Important Asian, Australian & European Decorative Arts & Furniture
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Sale Date:30 Oct 2012 ~ 6pm
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Lot #:115
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Lot Description:An Impressive Ivory-Glazed Figure Of Damo (Bodhidharma)
seated wearing a long robe draped over his left shoulder, leaving the chest bare and falling in draped folds over the rockwork base, his head with well defined features and downcast gaze with curly brows and beard, holding a fan centred with a figure of Amitabha Buddha in his right hand, the ivory glaze of even tone, the reverse with the mark reading He Chao enclosed in a double gourd
44CM -
Provenance:Mr John Weller Sotheby's Australia, 27 May 2008, lot 69 Private Collection, Melbourne
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Notes:The mark is that of a potter from the He family of De Hua potters
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Estimate:A$7,000 - 10,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Oriental
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