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A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE INFANT BUDDHA
Ming Dynasty
The figure cast with stoic expression, standing with
his left hand pointing to the sky and the right hand
to the ground, clad in a simple dhoti tied around the
waist, attached wood stand.
43cm (17in) high. (2).
£12,000 - 15,000
CNY110,000 - 130,000
明 銅指天指地童子佛站像

Provenance: Nagel Stuttgart, 19 May 2001, lot 4021
A distinguished European private collection

來源： 2001年5月19日於德國斯圖加特納高拍賣，
拍品4021號
顯貴歐洲私人收藏

A similar figure wearing a flower-decorated apron
in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, is
illustrated by R.d’Argencé, Chinese, Korean
and Japanese Sculpture in the Avery Brundage
Collection, San Francisco, 1974, pl.185. Compare
also a related gilt-bronze figure of the infant Buddha,
Ming dynasty, illustrated by U.von Schroeder, Indo-
Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 2008, pp.528-529,
pl.150G.

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品

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A LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
SHAKYAMUNI
17th century
Finely cast with eyes downcast in meditative
expression, seated in dhyanasana, with the
right hand reaching down towards the ground in
bhumisparsa mudra, the left hand held gently in the
lap in dhyana mudra, dressed in long flowing robes
detailed with draping folds and incised floral hems,
loosely open at the bare chest, with a prominent
usnisha formed with tightly coiled curls.
39.3cm (15 1/2in) high.

£30,000 - 50,000
CNY270,000 - 450,000

十七世紀 銅鎏金佛陀坐像

Provenance: an English private collection,
according to the family, acquired prior to 1935, and
thence by descent.

來源： 英國私人收藏；據傳於1935前入藏
，並由後人保存迄今

Compare with two similar, but slightly smaller,
gilt-bronze figures of Buddha Shakyamuni, Ming
dynasty, the first, dated 16th century, was sold at
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2014, lot 3060; and
the second, 16th/17th century, was sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 30 November 2016, lot 3239.
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