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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA This sizable Qing dynasty bronze displays the classic features of a
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY round face with a cheerful smile, a lavish robe with incised hems
Cast in two parts: figure and base. and heavy pleats pooling across his legs, and faultless double lotus
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61555 pedestal with an upper beaded edge. It compares favorably to
9 in. (22.8 cm) high similar examples published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes,
Hong Kong, 1981, p.550, no.157A; Puckle, A Collection of Buddhist
Bronzes from Mongolia, Flagstaff, 1969, no.1; and Tulku, Sacred Art of
$20,000 - 30,000
Tibet, San Francisco, 1972, pp.82-3, no.31.
清朝 十七/十八世紀 銅鎏金釋迦牟尼佛坐像 Published
Tadeusz Skorupski, The Path to Enlightenment: Buddhist Art through
the Ages, Spink, Singapore, 1997, p.30, no.19.
Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd, Singapore, 1997
Private California Collection
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