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97 * Provenance: Cheng Huan collection, Hong Kong
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SAKYAMUNI WITH MANDORLA 來源： 香港清洪佛教藝術收藏
15th/16th century
Finely cast, the figure seated in dhyanasana on a lotus pedestal on a Compare with a larger Tibetan figure of Sakyamuni dated to the 15th
throne supported by pairs of elephants, lions and yaksha, decorated century and illustrated on the cover of Classics of the Forbidden City:
with numerous vajras inset with small turquoise, the separately cast Tibetan Buddhist Sculptures, Beijing, 2009.
mandorla worked in repoussé with a flaming edge, two viyalas flanking
the Buddha, two makaras above a garuda at the top and scrolled A similarly cast figure of Manjusri sold in these rooms on 7 November
vegetation, possibly re-gilt, box. 2013, lot 259.
Overall 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high (3).
£25,000 - 35,000 CNY240,000 - 340,000
HK$290,000 - 410,000
十五/十六世紀 銅鎏金釋迦牟尼佛背光坐像
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