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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
19 PROVENANCE
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA The property of a Virginia collector.
LONGQING PERIOD, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1571
明十五世紀 鎏金佛坐像 「 隆慶五年三月造 」刻款
The fgure is cast with a serene face and pendulous earlobes below blue- 來源:美國私人珍藏
painted hair cast in tight curls. His right hand is raised in vitarkamudra and his
left hand is held in his lap. He is seated in dhyanasana upon a lotus base. The
reverse of the base is inscribed and dated, Longqing wunian sanyue zao (‘made
in the third month of the ffth year of the Longqing reign’, corresponding to
1571), with three partially legible names of the donors.
14√ in. (38 cm.) high
£15,000-20,000 $19,000-25,000
€18,000-23,000
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