An 18thC Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddhist Vitarka Mudra Hand Fragment sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus supplied with custom-made display stand

supplied with custom-made display stand

with its own landing stages and storage yards on the banks of the river Lee below the house

It proves wonderfully comfortable with the low deep seat typical of the style

There is a small hairline to the drawer front as photographed

The chair remains unquestionably solid

An 18thC Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddhist Vitarka Mudra Hand Fragment sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus supplied with custom-made display standOrigin: Thailand Period: Mid 18thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1750 Width: 4. 5 Depth: 2 Height: 1. 75 The beautiful cast bronze hand fragment with traces of gilding, elegantly positioned in the Vitarka Mudra, a gesture symbolising the transmission of Buddhist teachings, the fingers gracefully curved, with the thumb and index finger forming a circle, while the remaining fingers extend outward and the whole surviving from the eighteenth century. The