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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 2802

2801 AN INSCRIBED GILT-BRONZE STANDING
FIGURE OF GUANYIN
AN INSCRIBED BRONZE STANDING
FIGURE OF BUDDHA SUI DYNASTY, DATED KAIHUANG SEVENTH YEAR,
CORRESPONDING TO AD 587 AND OF THE PERIOD
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED HUANGXING FIRST
YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO AD 467 AND OF THE PERIOD The Bodhisattva is shown with right hand held in abhaya mudra
and left in varada mudra, the mandorla decorated with a border
The standing figure of Buddha is depicted standing on a lotus base of flames. The bracket stand is incised with a partially legible
with his right hand raised in abhaya mudra, the left hand holding inscription reading ‘On the eighth day fourth month seventh year
the edge of his sleeve, backed by a petal-shaped aureole decorated of Kaihuang (AD 587), Lü Yuangui’s wife Dong Yuanzhao, also
with borders of flames. The bracket stand is incised with a partially known as Zhongqi, commissioned this Guanyin figure.’
legible inscription reading ‘Made on the eighteenth day eighth 5 √ in. (15 cm.) high, inscribed wood box
month first year of Huangxing (AD 467) by the follower Yao Jing’.
8 º in. (21 cm.) high HK$60,000-80,000 US$7,800-10,000

HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1996

北魏 皇興元年（467） 銅佛立像

銘文：皇興元年八月十八日弟子姚景造

來源
1996年購於香港

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