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STATUE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
ASCETIQUE EN BOIS LAQUE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, CIRCA XVIIIEME
SIECLE
Il est représenté assis en rajalilasana sur un socle
rocailleux. Son visage est appuyé sur ses mains
posées sur son genou replié. Il est vêtu d'un simple
pagne laissant sa poitrine décharnée découverte
laissant voir sa colonne vertébrale et ses côtes
saillantes ; restaurations.
Hauteur: 69 cm. (27 in.)
€20,000-30,000 US$23,000-33,000
£18,000-26,000

PROVENANCE:
Galerie Gérard Lévy, Paris.
A LACQUERED-WOOD FIGURE OF THE
ASCETIC BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY
清約十八世紀 漆木苦行僧坐像
來源：巴黎古董商Gérard Lévy

These ascetic Shakyamuni fgures seated in similar
posture, appeared during the Yuan dynasty and
were very popular. The present fgure depicts the
Buddha Shakyamuni as an ascetic prior to his
enlightenment. The Buddha underwent periods
of extreme fasting, and the efect this privation
had on his body is illustrated by the protruding
ribs and spine of the kneeling fgure. Compare
this lot with a gilt-bronze seated fgure of the
ascetic Shakyamuni, sold at Christie’s New York,
18 September 2014, lot 709.

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