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38 SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK 10 SEPTEMBER 2019 BODIES OF INFINITE LIGHT

310 A LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF

KSITIGARBHA
MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY

seated regally in vajraparyankasana, the bodhisattva of the
underworld crowned with a diadem of five lobed and pierced
cartouches housing the five Tathagata Buddhas, with luxuriant,
wide sashes flanking the body, the chest inscribed with an
outlined wan framed by the open robe, incised with lotuses
in bloom and draping over the shoulders and arms, the dhoti
incised with a repeating ‘three jewels’ motif, raised on a carved
wood ‘lotus’ base (2)
Height 17¾ in., 45 cm
PROVENANCE
The Chang Foundation Collection.
LITERATURE
Jintongfo zaoxiang tulu/Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei,
1993, pl. 11.
明十六 / 十七世紀 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11

$ 60,000-80,000