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A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA

NEPAL OR TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY

This figure is solidly cast, standing on his right leg with his hip swaying
slightly. In his left arm he clutches the end of his robe, while his right hand
is lowered in varadamudra, the gesture of charity. The thin drapery of his
sanghati is rendered with folds and fluttering hems, and his dhoti is only
visible at his shins. His face has an aquiline nose, heavy-lidded eyes and
long earlobes, and his hair is in tight curls that rise up to his ushnisha.

11 in. (28 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
Christian Humann (d. 1981), New York, before 1965, named the Pan-
Asian Collection by 1977
Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired by 1983
Christie’s New York, 21 September 2007, lot 173

EXHIBITED
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of
Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection, 25 October 1977 – 15 January 1978
Seattle Art Museum, 9 March – 23 April 1978
Denver Art Museum 26 May – 30 July 1978
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, 15 September – 29
October, 1978

LITERATURE
P. Pal, The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian
Collection, 1977, p. 169, cat. no. 98.
P. Pal, The Arts of Nepal, Volume 1: Sculpture, 1978, fig. no. 175.

尼泊爾或西藏 約十五世紀 鎏金銅佛陀立像

來源
紐約Christian Humann 珍藏，於1965年前購入；1977年前歸納入其泛亞洲
藝術品珍藏
紐約安思遠，於1983年前購入
紐約佳士得，2007年9 月21 日，拍品173號

展覽
洛杉磯縣博物館，《The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures
from the Pan-Asian Collection》，1977年10月25日-1978年1月15日
西雅圖美術館，1978年3月9日-4月23日
丹佛美術館，1978年5月26日-7月30日
堪薩斯州William Rockhill Nelson Gallery（納爾遜-阿特金斯藝術博物館前
身），1978年9月15日-10月29日

著錄
P. Pal，《The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-
Asian Collection》，1977年，169頁，圖錄編號98
P. Pal，《The Arts of Nepal, Volume 1: Sculpture》，1978年，圖175號

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