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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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北魏
A RARE EARLY GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
SAKYAMUNI

鎏金銅釋迦牟尼坐像 NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (C.E. 386-534)

The deity is modelled with hands clasped together in dhyana mudra and seated
in dhyanasana on a throne flanked by two roaring lions. The robes with U-shaped
folds in the Mathuran style and the head with a protuberent usnisa.
3 ¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s London, 12 June 1989, lot 87

EXHIBITED
University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Art & Imitation in
China, The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, 2006, Catalogue, p. 277, no. 159
The style of the present figure is from the Gandhara-Mathura canon, and usually
dates to the later 4th and 5th centuries before the imposition of the sinicised
Northern Wei style. The earliest figure of this dhyani-type would appear to be the
Brundage example dated C.E. 338, and illustrated by C. Deydier, Chinese Bronzes,
1981, col. pl. 111. Others in this style are usually attributed to the Six Dynasties such
as the example in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, with roaring lions,
illustrated by H. Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, New York, 1988, pl. 2; and fig. 1 A gilt-bronze figure of Sakyamuni
the figure from the collection of Goto Shinshudo, sold at Christie’s New York, Sixteen Kingdoms Period (AD 304-439)
14 September 2017, lot 803 (fig. 1). Sold at Christie's New York, 14 September 2017, Lot 803
圖一 十六國 鎏金銅釋迦牟尼坐像
紐約佳士得 2017 年 9 月 14 日 拍品 803 號
來源
倫敦佳士得，1989 年 6 月 12 日，拍品 87 號
展覽
香港大學美術博物館，《馳騁古今—中國藝術的摹仿與創新》，2006 年，頁 277，圖版
編號 159

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