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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE DOCUMENTARY FIGURE OF THE
15th century MEDICINE BUDDHA
Modelled seated in dhyanasana, wearing floral-hemmed robes open at Dated by inscription to AD1504 and probably of the period
the chest, the hands resting in bhumisparsha mudra, the serene face Typically cast in the Tibeto-Chinese fashion with thickly draped robes
crowned with a domed ushnisha, all raised on a double-lotus throne, cascading over a shoulder, the Buddha seated in padmasana on a
the base sealed and with an incised double-vajra. double-lotus base, the left hand gathered in his lap in dhyana mudra,
11.5cm (4 1/2in) high the right in varada mudra, the lower back with a fifteen character
inscription referring to the circumstances of its donation. 30cm (11
£4,000 - 6,000 3/4in) high
CNY35,000 - 52,000 HK$39,000 - 59,000
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 52,000 HK$39,000 - 59,000

The inscription reads: 弘治拾陸年正月稅課衙門玄關供養
which could be translated as: ‘Donated for the entryway of Shuike
administrative office, in the sixteenth year of the reign of Emperor
Hongzhi (AD1504)’.

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