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301 A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF

SHAKYAMUNI
17TH CENTURY

cast seated in vajraparyankasana with the proper right hand in
bhumisparsha mudra, wearing a kasaya robe with dense floral
scrollwork marking each patchwork border and hem, the dhoti
gathered and pleated along the chest, partially covered by the
outer layer of the robe draped over the left shoulder, the lower
section falling in luxuriant folds about the legs, raised on a
double-lotus base and sealed with a copper plate inscribed with
a vishvavajra
Height 6⅓ in., 16.2 cm
PROVENANCE
The Chang Foundation Collection.
LITERATURE
Jintongfo zaoxiang tulu/Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei,
1993, pl. 12.
As discussed in the Chang Foundation Collection catalogue,
Jintongfo zaoxiang tulu/Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal,
Taipei, 1993, p. 38, the Chinese translation for kasaya is
futian (‘happy fields’), perhaps expressing the ascetic
monk’s contentment with the bare minimum. A closely
related bronze figure, with the hands in dhyana mudra,
from the Munsterberg collection, is illustrated in Hugo
Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, Japan, 1967,
pls 18a-b. Compare as well a related gilt-bronze figure of
a Buddha attributed to the 17th/18th century, with the
hands in dharmacakra mudra, sold at Christie’s New York,
17th March 2017, lot 1031.
十七世紀 銅鎏金釋迦牟尼佛坐像

來源
鴻禧美術館收藏
出版
《金銅佛造像圖錄》，台北，1993年，
圖版12

$ 20,000-25,000