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A GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA, PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE 唐 銅鎏金觀音菩薩立像
MING DYNASTY COLLECTION
wood stand (2) A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF 展覽:
Height 10¼ in., 26 cm AVALOKITESHVARA, TANG DYNASTY 《隋唐時代の金銅仏》，和泉市久保惣記念美術
Japanese wood box (3) 館，1993年，編號170
PROVENANCE
Height 9¾ in., 24.7 cm
Florida Private Collection.
EXHIBITED
$ 20,000-30,000
Gilt Bronze Buddhas in Sui-Tang Dynasty, Kuboso Memorial
Museum, Izumi, 1993, cat. no. 170.
明 銅鎏金佛坐像
This elegant bodhisattva, depicted standing in tribhanga on
a waisted lotus pedestal and stepped rectangular base, is
來源： adorned in a long dhoti and fluttering scarves. The kundika in
佛州私人收藏 the left hand, and the willow branch in the right, identify the
figure as the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. The contours of
the slender body are well defined, characteristic of Buddhist
sculpture in the high Tang dynasty. The curving form of
the deity’s torso achieves an almost dancelike movement.
This highly recognizable stylistic element of the swayed-
hip posture became especially popular during the reign of
Emperor Xuanzong (712-756), when sculptures in general
became more dynamic in their design.
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⊖ $ 20,000-30,000

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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NORTH AMERICAN
COLLECTION
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, MARK
AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG, DATED GENGYIN
YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1770
the stand with a nine-character inscription reading Daqing
Qianlong gengyin nian jingzao (made in the gengyin year
of the Qianlong period of the Great Qing dynasty), the
interior of the stand with three-characters inscribed reading
Dingzhou Liu (Liu family of Ding county), a seal mark reading
Bao (Treasure), and a unidentified marking indicating the
location of its original placement
Height 8¼ in., 21.1 cm
PROVENANCE
American Private Collection.
Acquired in the 1950s, and thence by descent.
⊖ $ 5,000-7,000
清乾隆 庚寅年 (1770年) 銅鎏金無量壽佛坐
像 《大清乾隆庚寅年敬造》款

來源：
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美國私人收藏
購於1950年代，此後家族傳承

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