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A MONUMENTAL IMPERIAL EXCEPTIONALLY RARE CAST GILT-BRONZE
RITUAL BUTTER LAMP
Early Ming Dynasty, circa first half 15th century, cast Jingtai six-character mark
The massive gilt-bronze Buddhist ritual vessel superbly and thickly cast in two main
sections, covered in rich gilt around the exterior and inner section of the rim, the bowl
with flared sides rising to the wide flattened rim, accentuated by the raised central
stepped rib around the bowl, the convex underside with a further lipped rib crowning and
slotting into the narrow cylindrical stem similarly cast with a raised central rib, all above
the generously proportioned bell-shaped lower section with double everted cascading
sides emphasised by lipped rims, the bowl cast with the six-character reign mark.
102.6cm (40 3/8in) high, 102.1cm (40 1/8in) diam. of bowl, 88.8cm (35in) diam. of foot,
approx. 335kg
Estimate on request
明初 約十五世紀前半葉 御製銅鎏金大油燈
陽鑄「大明景泰年製」楷書橫款
Provenance:
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, circa 1960s-1970s
An English private collection, London
Christie’s London, 15 December 1983, lot 374
Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, Mike Winter – Rousset, Paris, Decemer 1984 -
1990
A European private collection, circa 1990 – 2014
The Bodhimanda Foundation, 2014 - present
Published and Illustrated:
M.Henss, Buddhist Art in Tibet: New Insights on Ancient Treasures: A Study of Paintings
and Sculptures from the 8th to 18th Century, Ulm, 2008, p.266
M.Henss, Orientations, ‘Sacred Spaces and Secret Visions: Tibetan Buddhist Art from
The Bodhimanda Foundation’, 43(1), pp.66-72, pp.66 and 68.
E.Bruijn, Tibet-China & Japan: Catalogue on Masterpieces from the Ethnographic
Collections in the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Part II, Rotterdam, 2011
Exhibited:
Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, 4 June 2006 – 7 February 2007
20 September 2010 – 1 June 2015, as part of the permanent exhibition of The
Bodhimanda Collections in the Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam
來源：
約於1960至1970年代期間由倫敦古董商Spink & Son, Ltd. 所藏
倫敦私人收藏
1983年12月15日於倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品374號
1983年12月至1990年期間由巴黎古董商Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes公司
Mike Winter-Rousset先生所藏
約於1990至2014年期間由歐洲私人收藏
2014年至今由菩提曼拏羅基金會收藏
出版：
M.Henss著，《Buddhist Art in Tibet:New Insights on Ancient Treasures: A Study of
Paintings and Sculptures from the 8th to 18th Century》，烏爾姆，2008年，頁266
M.Henss著，「Sacred Spaces and Secret Visions: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the
Bodimanda Foundation」，《Orientations》雜誌，43(1)，頁66至72、66及68
E.Brujin著，《Tibet-China & Japan: Catalogue on Masterpieces from the Ethnographic
Collections in the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, PartII》，鹿特丹，2011年
展覽：
2006年6月4日至2007年2月7日期間借展予鹿特丹世界博物館
2010年9月20日至2015年6月1日期間作為菩提曼拏羅基金會藏品於鹿特丹世界博物館
長期展出
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
32 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
