A Buddhist deity sculpture bought for about $75 at a garage sale later sold for $2.06 million at auction
- PC: Sotheby'sA Buddhist sculpture bought at a garage sale for approximately $75–100 later became the centre of a major Sotheby’s auction result, selling for $2.06 million in New York.
- The gilt-bronze figure depicts Cintamanicakra Avalokiteshvara, a form of the Chinese Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara, also known as Guanyin.
- According to Sotheby's, the work dates to the late Tang Dynasty / Five Dynasties, and its seller said they had purchased it about 20 years earlier before taking it to an Antiques Roadshow appraisal event in St.
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- PC: Sotheby'sA Buddhist sculpture bought at a garage sale for approximately $75–100 later became the centre of a major Sotheby’s auction result, selling for $2.06 million in New York.
- The gilt-bronze figure depicts Cintamanicakra Avalokiteshvara, a form of the Chinese Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara, also known as Guanyin.
- According to Sotheby's, the work dates to the late Tang Dynasty / Five Dynasties, and its seller said they had purchased it about 20 years earlier before taking it to an Antiques Roadshow appraisal event in St.
Sources: Times of India