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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTOR

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A LARGE INSCRIBED MING STONE
CARVING OF A SEATED BUDDHA
DATED JIAJING TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR (1549) AND OF
THE PERIOD

The Buddha is shown seated in padmasana with his right hand extended
in bhumyakramana mudra, and his left hand held above his lap, with palm
upward in dhyanamudra, clad in a robe which partially reveals his chest.
The face has a serene expression with eyes downcast with benevolence.
The deity is supported on a lotus plinth, the right side of which is incised
with an inscription bearing the names of its patrons and recording a Jiajing
dare.
61 ¡ in. (156 cm.) high, 35 in. (89 cm.) wide, 20 w in. (53 cm.) deep
inscription
HK$1,800,000-2,600,000 US$240,000-330,000 㠺ᙔ
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Taiwan, 1980s

LITERATURE
Chen Yi-An, ‘Stone Buddha Sculpture Sitting on Stand Carved by the He
Tianchong Family from Year 28 of Ming Jiajing Rule (1549)’, Study of the
Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, May 2016 (no. 31), pp. 273-323

ᒝࢦ㤏̣ډՋໝ䢮 䢯
ΰ૰ഠ೰ᑬϭ㐤⊅㢯ζঙӏ

Ϝᬜ
ໝ͞㈂ᑞ܀Ფ
⮏㙼
㡣ဘ೎䢲Ǖᮗབྷ㐤ӏⅲ࿂⧁ĜĜᒝࢦ㤏ཋՋໝ䢮 䢯ΰ૰ഠ೰ᑬ㐤⊅חζঙ
ӏ⡃ǖ䢲ǗⳔ⻒ೀ⊝②ໝ਺ǘ䢲४⒤⦶٫Ⳕ⻒૯ೀ䢲 ໝ ᕕ䢮ⓧ˕ډˏᕩ䢯䢲
㦓

rubbing of inscription
㠺ᙔᑃទ

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