Page 80 - 2019 September 10th Sotheby's Important Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist Art, New York

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

PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION
323 A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA

TANG DYNASTY

the figure cast seated, with the proper right hand raised in the
abhaya mudra, the hair in neat spirals around the ushnisha and
extending to a low and straight hairline just above prominent
arched brows, the features crisply cast between full and
rounded cheeks, the robe open across the chest, revealing an
inner garment, and draped towards the right side in soft folds,
covering the foot and spilling over the seat in three tapering
sections, raised on a waisted support above a band of lotus
petals, all above a graduated five-step pedestal, the base with
two square apertures, the back with a similar aperture for a
mandorla, wood stand (2)
Height 6⅞ in., 7.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
唐 銅鎏金佛坐像
來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

$ 100,000-150,000