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304 A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF

KSITIGARBHA
MING DYNASTY, 15TH / 16TH CENTURY

the seated bodhisattva finely cast in vajraparyankasana with
the lowered proper left hand cradling a cinatamani pearl, the
opposite hand in vitarka mudra, an elaborate diadem encircling a
coiled topknot and crowning the broad, rounded face with gently
arched brows framing a serene, downcast gaze, the princely
figure adorned in heavy earrings, a tiered necklace, and highly
wrought girdle, relief-cast borders of lotus and stippled ground
decorating the billowing sash and dhoti, the latter arrayed in neat
folds about the legs, all raised on a double-lotus base flanked
by pendent sashes, sealed with a copper plate inscribed with a
vishvavajra
Height 6¾ in., 17 cm
PROVENANCE
The Chang Foundation Collection.
LITERATURE
Jintongfo zaoxiang tulu/Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei,
1993, pl. 66.
明十五 / 十六世紀 銅鎏金地藏菩薩坐像

來源
鴻禧美術館收藏
出版
《金銅佛造像圖錄》，台北，1993年，圖版66

$ 50,000-70,000