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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
BENOÎT BOLAND (1885-1983)

法國藏家Benoît Boland (1885-1983)先生私人舊藏

[LOTS 129 - 130 and LOT 206]

B enoît Boland (1885-1983) came from a family

of adventurers. His sister was the famous aviator
Adrienne Bolland, the frst woman to have crossed
the Andes Mountains by plane in 1921. He started
his career as a seaman on the “Pourquoi Pas?” with
Jean-Baptiste Charcot in his second expedition in
Antarctic (1908-1910). He fnished his career in 1946
in China where he was managing the Shanghai Port.
During the 23 years he spent in China he became
immersed in Chinese life and culture, he spoke
perfectly Chinese.

Benoît Boland (1885-1983), in 1918.

~129

RARE STATUE DE BOUDDHA
SHAKYAMUNI EN BRONZE DORE
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIIEME SIECLE

Il est représenté assis en vajrasana, ses mains en
dhyanamudra. Son visage est serein. Il est vêtu de
robes monastiques à la bordure fnement incisée
de rinceaux de feurs. Son torse nu est incisé d’une
svastika.
Hauteur : 32.5 cm. (12æ in.) ; socle

€30,000-50,000 $33,000-55,000
£26,000-42,000

PROVENANCE

Collection of Benoît Boland (1885-1983), a French
naval captain who worked in China from 1923 to
1946, and thence by descent in the family.

A FINE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
SHAKYAMUNI
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

明十七世紀 鎏金銅釋迦摩尼佛坐像

來源：法國藏家Benoît Boland (1885-1983)先生私
人舊藏，他曾於1923-1946年在中國擔任海軍长，現
由家族傳承

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