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8031 Provenance
A GILT BRONZE SEATED BUDDHA AND LOTUS STAND a private collection, New Zealand
Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century
The Buddha seated dhyanasana with his hands joined in dhyana Although well matched in the color of the gilt, the figure and the
mudra, his outer garment completely covering his left shoulder, stand may be associated as the base of the figure is a bit smaller
partially covering his right shoulder and falling across the chest to than the top of the lotus flower stand. The stand and the figure may
expose the upper edge of his undergarment, the edges of both have been part of a triad set that was dispersed some time in the
delicately incised with lotus plants and leaf scrolls on a minutely past. See, for example, the three gilt bronze Buddhas and stands
pounced ground; the associated stand of somewhat larger size than from a French private collection, sold in Sotheby’s London sale 10
the figure but of the same period, cast as a lotus flower rising from a November 2010, lot 226 (26cm high, also as 16th/17th century).
reticulated leaf scroll base and similarly covered in gilt.
12 1/2in (31.7cm) high The lotus stand in this lot is also fronted by two narrow ribbons falling
obliquely from the edge: the ribbons may have been the trailing ends
US$15,000 - 25,000 of the bow-tied belt to an undergarment belonging to another figure
from the original set. For the ribbons on the stand front related to
the bow-tied belt on another Ming figure, see the separately cast gilt
bronze Mahasthamaprapta bodhisattva sold in these rooms in sale
22411, 23 June 2015, lot 7083 (13 3/4in, 35cm high).
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