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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A VERY RARE LARGE DOCUMENTARY STONE FIGURE OF GUANYIN The inscription on the reverse is worn and only partially legible, but mentions
MING DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 22ND YEAR OF a temple in Kaifeng and that a monk named Zhilu made the sculpture. The
CHENGHUA, CORRESPONDING TO 1486, AND OF THE PERIOD inscription also incorporates a date: third month, 22nd year of Chenghua (1486).
The bodhisattva is shown seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, with
Other large, dated stone Buddhist figures from the Ming dynasty include
the hands lowered in dhyanamudra. The figure wears an undergarment tied
the figure of Mahasthamaprapta from Xinxiang city, bearing a date
around the waist and a loose outer robe well carved with rhythmic folds
corresponding to 1412 of the Yongle period, and the figure of Amitabha
and pleats open at the chest to reveal an elaborate beaded necklace. The
Buddha from Xianhua Monastery, Longyao county, bearing a date
sensitively carved face has a serene expression and down-cast eyes. The back
corresponding to 1497 of the Hongzhi period, illustrated by Li Jingjie in Shifo
of the figure is inscribed with a lengthy inscription.
Xuancui (Essence of Buddhistic Statues), Beijing, 1995, p. 165, no. 145 and p.
35Ω in. (90.2 cm.) high
166, no. 146, respectively.

$40,000-60,000
顯赫私人珍藏
PROVENANCE: 明 成化二十二年（1486） 石雕觀音坐像
Christie's Hong Kong, 29 September 1992, lot 899.
來源:
LITERATURE: 香港佳士得, 1992年9月29日, 拍品編號899
Fojiao Diaosu Mingpin Tulu (Images of Famous Buddhist Sculpture), Beijing,
1997, p. 480, no. 460. 出版:
《佛教雕塑名品圖錄》, 北京, 1997年, 頁480, 編號460

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