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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION This exquisite and fnely cast sculpture depicts Maitreya, the bodhisattva of loving kindness and
the Buddha of the future. He is seated in dhyanasana atop a double lotus base with his hands in
624 dharmachakramudra, while two lotus blossoms rise up around his shoulders, the proper left fower
A VERY FINE BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA supporting a kundika. He is adorned in fnely beaded jewelry and a thin dhoti with intricately incised
borders billowing around his legs. His top knot is secured by a fve-foliate crown and topped by a
TIBET, 14TH CENTURY stupa. His slightly tilted head and sensitively modeled facial features, accentuated by cold gold and
6æ in. (17 cm.) high pigment, give him a gentle welcoming demeanor.

$100,000-200,000 The present sculpture displays the superior quality and elegance of Yongle imagery and the patina
and facial features of the most masterful Tibetan works from the fourteenth century. The sensitively
西藏 十四世紀 銅彌勒菩薩像 cast details and elegant modeling, in particular the proportions of the lotus base and the drapery of
the skirt, are comparable to a Yongle period bronze in the Rietberg Museum in Zurich (H. Uhlig, On the
PROVENANCE Path to Enlightenment: The Berti Aschmann Foundation of Tibetan Art at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich,
1995, p.87, cat.no.42). Compare the sway of the body, and the design of the crown and jewelry with
Zurich Art Market. a bronze fgure of Chaturbhuja Manjushri from the Tibet-Collection Gerd-Wolfgang Essen (U. von
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1995. Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong 1981, pp.476-477, cat.no.132E).

PUBLISHED

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org),
item no. 24327
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