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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
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AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE GILT- ښけᕴ ૰὾ׁᕪ ڊ ڊːˡ☹ 㛶㕺㘍㠿ཾ㡀ηচӐ
BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA AMITABHA ד㩜ݥ㒍㑽ஶ卿ݦᏛ⧡ᙻ᎜ԋ卿ᐷᑨ㰱ᑨ⏟㙄卿⢙ӳ৅ӳ⊂
LATE NANZHAO-EARLY DALI KINGDOM PERIOD, 10-11TH CENTURY ࣇ卿ἃ㩛ᆚ㩜ד⎏᧐㉃Ꮫࣇǯ㕇⚅ㄡठ⫒ㄘㅝ卿・⡠⡿༗᱁
The figure is finely cast and shown seated in dhyanasana with his ᜩ卿㏧㕇ᇖႚ⫒ᇁठӴᘶⶔ卿ヿ→߅㖔⺧㐏ዷǯـ⏫ᇤᑕ卿
right foot projecting from the hem of the fluidly draped folds of ឫ␓ᇤᆌ卿䁉ᆨ༶Ꮣ卿૤৶࣡༰卿⎊ᬩഌ⪆卿▵ጔ፟࣡ⴃ୍ǯ
the robe. The hands are held in dyanamudra, with the two hands 㯔㶂Ꮀ⣺༗に㶌卿㶌ⅸᎰࢮ஋ᆨǯ⬣ຽᏊ㮴஄卿ठӳ⮥Ꮚ⮥
resting in his lap, thumbs touching the bent index fingers. The 㞧卿ݦ⭑ᏊᏛ∪卿 ݥ㕇㩶㯔㶂սം㤒㞖`὞ ǯ
robes fall in curved diagonal folds along the contours of the body,
exposing the right shoulder and right arm. He is wearing an ϝᬝ
elaborate scrolling necklace, an arm band on his left upper arm, ᆱᥓᣖ卻ᙲ⊏ᣖӬ卼Ⅷ⻦厎 㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿
and bracelets on both wrists. The face has well-defined, arched ᐽ৅ ⽚
brows above elongated, almond-shaped eyes and is framed by ంᙱࢽ⡢䁖卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ
the pierced, pendulous ear lobes and the neat edge of the hair,
which is arranged in tight curls that continue onto the low domed ൣ⿫
ushnisha decorated in front with a gilded demi-florette. The figure
இ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴卿Ƕ㞖㠩ד㙁۬⁞ཿஎ㢙Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿
is covered overall in rich, lustrous gilding, except the hair which is
எ㢙எ‸ ⽚
left un-gilt.
9 in. (22.5 cm.) high
⮐㙽
HK$15,000,000-25,000,000 US$1,900,000-3,200,000 Ƕԋஇཀ㈊㫌౯ݥ㫀 㞖㠩דᘰ㙁۬Ƿ卿㿳䂆ᮅ卿 ჺ卿
எ‸ ⽚
PROVENANCE
Ƕԋஇ⻱ワ৅⣌␓㢙 ě ంᙱࢽ⡢䁖⎏୪፭Ƿ卿ӳᱡ卿
The Nitta Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 April
ჺ卿㮰 卿எ‸ ⽚卿
1998, lot 604
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1998
EXHIBITED
The National Palace Museum, The Crucible of Compassion and
Wisdom, Taipei, 1987, Catalogue, p. 185, no. 89
LITERATURE
Zhongguo Siguan Diaosu Quanji – 5 – Jintong Fojiao Zaoxiang,
Heilongjiang, 2006, no. 172
A Dealer’s Hand – The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of
Giuseppe Eskenazi, London, 2012, p. 212, pl. 92

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