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           A LARGE GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED
           BUDDHA
           Ming Dynasty
           The benevolent figure finely cast, the face in a meditative expression
           with downcast eyes flanked by pendulous earlobes, crowned by tightly
           curled hair rising to a high chignon, seated cross-legged with both
           hands held in dhyana mudra, wearing a long layered robe decorated
           on the hems with delicate foliate scrolls, open at the chest revealing a
           wan emblem.
           40cm (15 6/8in) high.

           £15,000 - 20,000
           CNY120,000 - 160,000

           明 銅漆金佛坐像

           Provenance: Sir Michael Oppenheimer (3rd Baronet, 1924-2020) and
           Lady Helen Oppenheimer DD (1926-2022), and thence by descent

           來源:Michael Oppenheimer 爵士(三代從男爵,1924-2020年)
           與Helen Oppenheimer爵士夫人(1926-2022年)舊藏,並由後人保
           存迄今

           A similar gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, 16th/17th century,
           in the Chang Foundation, is illustrated in Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal,
           Taipei, 1993, pp.32-33, no.9.

           Compare with a similar gilt-bronze figure of the Medicine Buddha,
           late Ming dynasty, sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 127.
           Compare a related example of a gilt-bronze figure of Medicine Buddha,
           late Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby’s London, 8 November
           2017, lot 76. See also a slightly larger gilt-bronze figure of a seated
           Shakyamuni Buddha, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby’s
           Hong Kong, 8 April 2014, lot 3060.






















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