Auction: Asian Works Of Art - 2528BLocation: BostonDate / Time: December 03, 2010 9:00AM
Description:
Bronze Lotus-shaped Reliquary, Northeastern India or Western Burma, 11th-12th century, stupa with a pierced base, foliated hips with apsaras, drum with Buddhas supporting a movable lotus flower enclosing images of the Buddha, ht. 17 3/4 in.
N.B. See illustration #283 in
Art of Southeast Asia, Abrams Press, from Pagan Museum for similar example.
Estimate $60,000-80,000