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A RARE DATED GILT-BRONZE
VOTIVE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI
BUDDHA

NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 386-534), DATED BY
INSCRIPTION TO THE 16TH YEAR OF TAIHE
(AD 492)

Shakyamuni Buddha is shown seated in dhyanasana on a rectangular base
cast on the sides with waves that is raised on a four-legged stand inscribed
with a dated inscription, and wears robes delineated with fnely spaced parallel
folds. The head is backed by a lotus petal nimbus surrounded by fames
formed by swirling parallel lines on the fame-shaped aureole that surround
three seated Buddhas of the Past cast in relief. The reverse is fat-cast with
four fgures of Buddha seated in dhyanasana, comprised of a large central
fgure seated above a vase from which issues vapor that supports two smaller
fanking fgures, all below the fourth fgure seated above.
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.)

$100,000-150,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in Japan in 1981.

北魏太和十六年（公元492年）
鎏金銅釋迦牟尼佛坐像

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