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ANCIENNE COLLECTION
LOUIS LECONTE

(1880-1970)

LOTS 28–29

From a young age, Louis Leconte (1880-1970) was
interested in history, particularly in the military
history of his home country, Belgium. Keen to
share his interests with a wider audience, he was
the author of several important works on Belgian
military history. He was also interested in Chinese
art and collected Buddhist sculpture, among them
lots 28 and 29 offered in the present sale. Portrait of Louis Leconte, circa 1930s

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GRANDE STATUETTE DE BHAISHAJYAGURU Notable for its large size and crisp casting, the present
EN BRONZE DORÉ figure represents the Medicine Buddha (Bhaishajyaguru),
as evident by the myrobalan fruit he holds in his right hand.
E
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DYNASTIE MING, XVI - XVII SIÈCLE
More commonly known as the Medicine Buddha, he is
assis en dhyanasana sur un socle lotiforme reposant sur considered a healer who alleviates suffering and offers solace
un piédestal hexagonal à balustrade, sa main gauche en to the afflicted through the medicine of his teachings which
avakasha mudra et sa main droite en varada mudra tenant la are documented in the Bhaishajyaguruvaiduryaprabharaja
noix d’arura entre son index et son pouce, vêtu d’une ample Sutra, known as the Medicine Buddha Sutra in English.
robe monastique retombant en plis profonds le long du A related figure of a Buddha seated on a lotus flower base of
corps et laissant le torse découvert, le visage serein flanqué this size, but with his right hand held in blumisparsamudra,
de longs lobes d’oreilles (3) was sold in our New York rooms, 23rd March 2011, lot 692.
52 cm, 20½ in. See also a gilt-bronze and polychrome figure rendered
with similar mudras to the present, attributed to the Ming
PROVENANCE
dynasty, sold in these rooms, 16th May 2007, lot 43; and
In the family by descent. a larger gilt-bronze figure rendered with his right hand in
A large gilt-bronze figure of Bhaishajyaguru Buddha seated on blumisparsamudra, attributed to the 17th century, sold at
a lotus base, Ming Dynasty, 16th/17th century Christie’s New York, 6th November 1980, lot 212.
50 000-70 000 €
438 000-615 000HK$ 56 000-78 000 US$

明十六至十七世紀 鎏金銅藥師佛坐像

來源
Louis Leconte（1880-1970） 先生舊藏
家族流傳至今

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