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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTOR
瑞士私人珍藏
2885
A RARE EARLY-MING GILT-BRONZE FIGURE 明永樂 鎏金銅金剛總持坐像 「大明永樂年施」刻款
OF VAJRADHARA 來源:

YONGLE INCISED SIX-CHARACTER PRESENTATION MARK AND OF 由現任藏家於1990年代購自蘇黎世Berti Aschmann（傳）
THE PERIOD (1403-1425)
Berti Aschmann女士是一位常駐於蘇黎世的著名佛教藝術藏家及學者。
The figure is seated majestically in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, 她將其珍藏贈予蘇黎世Rietberg博物館後，自1995年起，即成為該館東
arms crossed before the chest with a vajra held in the right hand 南亞藝術及中國佛教藝術的核心館藏。
and a ghana in the left, wearing a long flowing dhoti tied at waist,
an elaborate necklace across the bare chest, armbands and bracelets.
The rounded face is finely cast with a compassionate expression,
flanked by pendulous ears wearing floral medallion earrings,
under ‘an eight-leaf diadem’. The lotus base is incised with the
six-character reign mark, Da Ming Yongle nian shi, ‘Bestowed in
the Great Ming Yongle period’.
8Ω in. (21.5 cm.) high
HK$5,000,000-8,000,000 US$650,000-1,000,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
Acquired by the current owner from the collection of
Berti Aschmann, Zurich in the 1990s (by repute)
(mark)
Berti Aschmann is a renowned Buddhist art collector and scholar based
in Zurich. She donated her entire collection to the Rietberg Museum,
Zurich, where it has been on permanent display since 1995 and forms
the core of the Southeast Asian and Chinese Buddhist collection of
the museum.

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