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A RARE LARGE IRON BUST OF THE BUDDHA
Tang Dynasty
Finely cast with eyes slightly down-turned in serene expression, dressed
in long flowing robes with draping folds, loosely open at the bare chest,
with a prominent usnisha formed from tightly coiled curls, stand.
60cm (23 3/4in) high (2).
£10,000 - 15,000
CNY89,000 - 130,000

唐 鐵鑄佛陀半身像

Provenance:
Stephen K.C. Lo, P.C.Lu Works of Art Ltd., Hong Kong, 25 April 1993
Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection

來源：
香港古董商魯氏有限公司，1993年4月25日
歐宗易先生珍藏

This remarkable sculpture evokes a profound spirituality through the 此尊鐵鑄佛陀半身像開臉祥和，頭頂螺髻，上露寶頂，白亳凸起，雙
fleshy serene face, finely detailed with broadly curving eyebrows, 鉤眉，厚唇，垂耳，慈眉善目，寶相莊嚴，皺褶精緻，頗為難得。雙
and the gently cascading ripples of the heavy drapery. Compare 手雖佚，仍可推斷一手結無畏印，一手結說法印，蓋為阿彌陀佛之典
the facial features and garments of the present figure with a clay 型。甘肅省敦煌石窟一尊唐代泥塑佛陀坐像，其佛相造型以及袈裟皺
figure of a seated Buddha, Tang dynasty, from Dunhuang, in Gansu 褶可資比對，載於《中國美術全集》，卷7，上海，1987年，頁88。
Province, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Chinese Art, vol.7
(Sculptures), Shanghai, 1987, p.88.

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