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A GILT BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, A BRONZE BUDDHA STANDING KONG, lot 3211S. (for a bronze
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY IN FRONT OF A FLAMING HALO, statue of AVALOKITESVARA
Fire-gilt bronze DATED 571 executed in a similar manner, but
China, Northern Wei Dynasty (386 – 535) Cast and incised bronze with a rich dated 519)
an authentic malachite green age
The Bodhisattva Guanyin cast standing against patina This statue comes with the
a lotus petal shaped mandorla with a seated China, Northern Qi dynasty authenticity analysis report 15-006
Buddha emanation on the very top and stylized from the Archeometric Institute
flames incised. Guanyin is standing on a stepped On the back of the halo is a long REM in Mannheim, which comes
lotus pedestal and wears a layered robe and a devotional inscription with a date: to the conclusion “that this is an
prominent necklace. In her right hand she holds (from the upper right) WUPING old metal … with no evidence
a bowl and in her left a whisk. The bronze comes er nian (2nd year of Wuping), i.e. whatsoever that it was produced in
complete with its original, slightly tapered support. 571. This date corresponds to the modern times …”
style of the bronze. Wuping is a
Shape: Figural with square, slightly tapered period of the northern Qi-dynasty 571⸜曺戭䀓䃘側⃱ἃ旨䩳咖⁷
pedestal that began in 570 曺戭堐朊㚱叿㽫櫙䘬䛇⮎⫼晨䵈⊭
Dimensions: 18,8 cm (total height), 4,8 cm (width) 㻧ˤ⛐側⃱⼴朊ᶨ䭯⼰攟
Condition: Good condition with extensive patina Rare bronze depicting the Buddha 䘬所㔯姀庱叿揬忈⸜ấ“㬎⸛Ḵ⸜”
and abrasions to the gilding Shakyamuni (Shijiamouni) dressed 炻⌛571⸜ˤ忁ᾳ⸜ấ䫎⎰
Provenance: Hungarian private collection in a flowing robe with many folds 曺戭⁷桐㟤ˤ
and standing on a lotus base ᷕ⚳炻⊿滲
Literature comparison: for another Northern Wei in front of a flaming halo. His ἃ旨幓叿忂偑堰墇炻䵓㡅㳩㙊炻壞
bronze Guanyin, smaller in size, see Sotheby’s, raised hand gives the gesture of 䙢䷩墯ˤṾ䪁Ἦ⛐咖剙⹏
CHINESE ART, 01 JUNE 2017 - 02 JUNE 2017, fearlessness, Abhaya, with the ᶲ炻側⃱䀓䃘䄲䄲炻⎛ㇳ㕥䃉䓷
HONG KONG, lot 438. lower hand held in Varadamudra, ⌘炻ⶎㇳ㕥冯ョ⌘ˤ側⃱ᶲἃ旨
the gesture of wish granting. ᶲ㕡咖⹏ᶲ⎗傥䁢ᶨᷣ㊩ˤ⎎㚱ℑ
⊿櫷戭挷慹奨枛䩳⁷ On the halo are accompanying ỵ厑啑ㇳ㊩咖剙↮䩳ἃ旨ℑ
⑩䚠列⤥炻⣏朊䧵⊭㻧炻慹⼑䢐㎵ bodhisattvas standing on a lotus “炻ㅱ䇚咖剙ㇳ厑啑ˤ䀓䃘側⃱䀓
⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 pedestal at the Buddha’s side, 冴晬晬㚱≃炻ẋ堐叿ἃ旨䘬
each holding what appears to ↢䎦⍲Ṿ䘬㔁佑ˤ
Estimate EUR 500,- be a lotus blossom in one hand, ⼊䉨烉忈⁷䓇≽䩳橼炻側⃱䁢⚻
Starting price EUR 250,- possibly Padmapani. Sitting above ⼊炻⸽⹏↠崟ˤ
the Buddha on a lotus throne is ⯢⮠烉檀23⍀䰛
a figure which cannot be more 啵䵈刚扡㔹ˤ側⃱䦵㚱㎵⢆炻晽⁷
closely identified, but which, given ᾅ⬀⬴⤥ˤ側⃱␴⸽⹏⎗傥
that it is in worship and has no ⼰ᷭᷳ⇵慵㕘䳬墅忶ˤ
cranial protrusion, might be an ⽟⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
abbot. Very powerfully designed 㔯䌣㭼庫烉喯⭴㭼The Arts of the
small tongues of the crown of Buddha炻2007⸜9㚰21
flames, which symbolizes the “light 㖍炻䲸䲬炻㉵⑩䫔5嘇炷ᶨ⹏⊿櫷
rays” of Buddha’s appearance and 䚠Ụ桐㟤䘬⻴≺ἃ炸烊喯⭴
teachings. 㭼炻Chinese Art through the Eye
of Sakamoto Goro: Early
Shape: Sculptural shape with semi- Buddhist Bronzes炻2016⸜10㚰5
plastic halo and round, 㖍炻楁㷗炻䫔3211嘇炷㕟ẋ䁢
raised base 519⸜䘬䚠Ụ忈✳䘬奨枛炸
Dimensions: Height 23 cm. 㬌曺戭忈⁷䴻忶㚤㴟⥮侫⎌䞼䨞㇨
Condition: Strong, predominantly REM䘬㷔娎炻⟙⏲䶐嘇
green patina. Some of the 15-006炻䳸婾䁢“⎌侩慹Ⱄ㛸㕁炻
tips of the flames are damaged, 㰺㚱Ṣ嫱㒂堐㖶Ṿ㗗䎦ẋ
but on the whole well and 䓇䓊䘬”
completely preserved statue. The
halo and the base have Estimate EUR 1.000,-
been re-attached once, likely a very Starting price EUR 500,-
long time ago.
Provenance: German private
collection
Literature comparison: Sotheby’s,
The Arts of the Buddha, 21 SEP
2007, NEW YORK, lot 5. (for a
Maitreya executed in similar style,
dated Northern Wei dynasty,
second half 5th Century) Sothebys,
Chinese Art through the Eye of
Sakamoto Goro: Early Buddhist
Bronzes, 05 OCT 2016, HONG

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