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A MAGNIFICENT, LARGE AND EXTREMELY RARE 北魏 銅彌勒佛立像
BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE OF MAITREYA 《景明三年四月二十日》款
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED 3RD YEAR OF
THE JINGMING PERIOD (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 來源：
502) 傳瑞士私人收藏
very finely cast as Maitreya standing sturdily on a tapering 銘文：
base supported on a hemispherical lotus base atop a four-
legged plinth, all against a mandorla bordered with ferocious 景明三年四月二十日，北林逢村弟子皇甫改慜，為亡
flaming swirls and cast in low relief with three smaller seated 過父母，見存夫妻，願家口平安，敬造佛像一軀，合
images of Buddha, the main standing figure depicted with 家大小常與三寶供養。
the right hand raised in abhaya mudra and the left in varada
mudra, rendered dressed in long flowing robes cascading
in voluminous folds over the arms and lower body and tied
with a knot near the chest, the soft serene countenance
surmounted by a domed ushnisha and framed by a wide halo
cast in low relief on the mandorla, the reverse of the mandorla
incised with a dedicatory inscription dated to the 20th day of
the fourth month in the third year of the Jingming period (in
accordance with 502), which can be translated as ‘Disciple
Huangfu Gaimin of Beilinfeng Village patronising a figure of
Buddha, in commemoration of his deceased parents, with
hope that the family will live in peace and always take refuge in
the Three Jewels’
39.1 cm, 15⅜ in.

PROVENANCE
A Swiss private collection, by repute.

HK$ 3,000,000-5,000,000
US$ 387,000-645,000

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