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Subject:Antique buddha/scholar and musicans
Posted By: Paul Sat, Mar 26, 2011 IP: 24.91.192.94
Could anyone please help to provide info on these items, a buddha and a pair of musicians? both made of wood, seems quite old and of quality.
Thanks in advance for your help!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58498242@N03/sets/72157626218714773/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58498242@N03/sets/72157626218711601/

Subject:Re: Antique buddha/scholar and musicans
Posted By: mikeoz Sun, Mar 27, 2011
I may be mistaken, but the 'Buddha" is I think the statue of a Japanese Zen monk/patriarch.

The wooden figures are Chinese musicians and possibly were originally part of a funerary ensemble.

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