Highly unusual, antique Vietnamese carved and lacquered group, Circa 17th-18th Century. © 2013  I.M Chait.

of the infant Buddha standing with one hand raised in mudra, a circular mandorla behind, with a base of elaborate intertwined writhing dragons flanking a large pearl, all upon a red lacquered hexagonal pedestal; H: 24 1/2" (overall)  - Estimate $4,000-5,000

Provenance: Formerly in the Collection of the American Ambassador to Vietnam, Douglas Peterson

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