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811 PROVENANCE
A VERY RARE GILT-BRONZE VOTIVE Private collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1930.
GROUP OF BUDDHAS SHAKYAMUNI
AND PRABHUTARATNA EXHIBITED
EASTERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 534-550), DATED BY Nara, Museum Yamato Bunkakan, Special Exhibition Chinese Gilt Bronze
INSCRIPTION TO THE 3RD YEAR OF TIANPING Statues of Buddhism from Japanese Collection, 2 October-8 November 1992,
(AD 536) cat. no. 34.
The two Buddhas sit abreast in dhyanasana with their hands held in their LITERATURE
laps in meditation. Each wears a sanghati, with the downcast face backed by
a nimbus, all backed by a faming aureole and raised on a tall base with four Saburo Matsubara, Chogoku Chokokushi Kenkyu (Chinese Buddhist
splayed legs, with an inscription on two sides. Sculpture), Tokyo, 1961, pl. 86 (b).
7¿ in. (18.1 cm.) high
$50,000-70,000
東魏天平三年（公元536年）
鎏金銅釋迦多寳二佛並坐像
(inscriptions)
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