A gilt bronze Buddhist figure from the 10th-11th century. (Christie's)

The ultimate masterpiece was the gilt bronze statue of a seated Buddhist figure as difficult to define iconographically as it was to place geographically. Christie's hesitated between China in the 10th-11th century, and the then non-Chinese area ruled by the dynasty known only through Chinese annals as the "Liao." The gilt bronze soared to $2.5 million, paid by Littleton & Hennessy of New York and London.

Lire l'article "A passion for Chinese works drives New York sale" de Souren Malikian http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/21/arts/melik22.php

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