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A LARGE AND RARE CAST IRON FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
CHENGHUA PERIOD, DATED WUSHEN YEAR CORRESPONDING TO
1488
The fgure is cast depicting Manjusri seated on a recumbent lion with its head
turned backwards. The fgure is depicted elaborately jewelled and with hair
fashioned in a high chignon. There are traces of red and blue pigment. The
reverse is cast with a dedicatory inscription, and dated to the thirteenth day of
the sixth month of Chenghua emperor.
29√ in. (76 cm.) high
£15,000-20,000 $20,000-26,000
€17,000-22,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of an English gentleman from Sussex.
The inscription to the reverse expresses the wish from General Ande for
the safe delivery of their son by ofering this piece to the Tienu Temple in
Jingzhou in Hubei province.
Compare a cast iron fgure of a male of similar size to the present lot bearing
an inscription dating to the twenty-third year of Chenghua, corresponding to
1487, sold at Christie’s London, 13 December 1976, lot 4.
明成化1488年 鑄鐵文殊菩薩坐像

來源: 英國蘇塞克斯私人珍藏

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