INCOMPARABLE ANTIQUE CHINESE BUDDHA MID TO LATE 1800S A RARE, EXQUISITELY SCULPTED COLLECTORS TREASURE Start Price AUD 225.00 Current Price AUD 233.15 Time Left - Bid Count 2 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 24, 2008 End Time Thursday, December 04, 2008 Location Sydney, NSW See more about 'INCOMPARABLE ANTIQUE CHINESE BUDDHA MID TO LATE 1800S' Description WE HAVE COLLECTED AND SOLD MANY FINE ANTIQUE FIGURINES OF THE GREAT BUDDHA, ORIGINATING FROM INDIA, CHINA & BURMA, BUT NOTHING COMPARES WITH THIS MAJESTIC BRONZE AND WHILE IT IS SAID THAT A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, WE DOUBT IF EVEN THE SIX PHOTOGRAPHS WE SHOW HERE DO JUSTICE TO THIS WONDERFUL WORK OF ART.LIKE THE BURMESE BUDDHIST TEMPLE URN WE AUCTIONED ON EBAY EARLIER IN NOVEMBER, THIS RARE PIECE WAS UNTIL RECENTLY OWNED BY THE MELBOURNE DESCENDANTS OF AN ENGLISH TEA PLANTATION MANAGER IN DARJEELING, INDIA DURING WW11 WHO ACQUIRED IT FROM A REFUGEE RANGOON MERCHANT FLEEING HIS HOMELAND OF BURMA BEFORE THE ADVANCE OF THE JAPANESE INVASION - HOW MUCH THE FORMER PAID FOR THIS RARE PIECE IS NOT KNOWN AS ANTIQUE ARTIFACTS IN THOSE TUMULTUOUS TIMES WERE BOUGHT AND SOLD WITH LITTLE OR NO PAPERWORK CHANGING HANDS.SUFFICE TO SAY, THE SCULPTURE WHICH IS 26CM TALL AND WEIGHS ALMOST 2 KILOGRAMS, HAS BEEN HANDLED WITH GREAT CARE IN THE INTERVENING YEARS, KEPT ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN A DISPLAY CABINET AND SO HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN PRISTINE CONDITION.WE ARE PLEASED TO BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF APPRECIATIVE COLLECTORS IN THIS AUCTION. Place a Bid!