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537
A RARE WOOD FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI
BUDDHA
Ming Dynasty
Carved seated in uttarabodhi mudra on a double-
lotus pedestal within beaded borders, the face with
a serene expression and downcast eyes flanked by
elongated ears, the hair worn in tight curls in a top
usnisha, the robe draped symmetrically across the
body and open at the chest, the surface with some
original gilt and red lacquer decoration remaining.
34.5cm (13 5/8in) high.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

明 木雕釋迦牟尼坐像

The result of NSF-Arizona AMS Facility, Tucson,
Arizona, radiocarbon test, sample AA63896,
9 January 2006, notes 95.4% probability for date of
1431-1631 (comprising: 71.6% probability for 1431-
1524; 23.8% probability for 1558-1631).

據美國亞利桑那NSF-Arizona AMS Facility實驗室於
2006年1月9日出具的放射性碳定年測量報告，樣
本編號AA63896之檢測結果表明，本拍品有95.4%
之可能性制於1431年至1631年間；其中71.6%之可
能性制於1431年至1524年間，23.8%之可能性制於
1558年至1631年間。

Published, Illustrated, and Exhibited:
Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London,
2005, no.115.

537 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2005年，編號115

For a related lacquered wood figure of Buddha,
early 15th century, see R.D.Jacobsen, Appreciating
China: Gifts from Ruth and Bruce Dayton,
Minneapolis, 2002, p.95, no.49. See also an
example dated 1411, illustrated by A.Priest, Chinese
Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, 1944, pl.CXXVI. See a related gilt-lacquered
wood figure of Buddha, Ming dynasty, which was
sold at Sotheby’s London, 18 May 2018, lot 465.

538
TWO BRONZE BUDDHIST FIGURES
16th/17th century
The first figure of Buddha Shakyamuni with eyes
downcast, the head adorned with tight curls around
the ushnisha, seated in dhyanasana with his hands
clasped in front of his chest, wearing long flowing
robes adorned at the hems, raised on a triple-
lotus pedestal, traces of gilt-lacquer remaining,
wood stand, 14.8cm (5 15/16in) high; the second
a bronze figure of Sudhana, the acolyte of the
Goddess of Mercy, poised bowing with his hands
joined in reverent prayer, wearing a long billowing
celestial scarf, his garments tied around his chest
and adorned with lotus and floral scrolls, wood
stand, 16.2cm (6 3/8in) high. (4).
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
538 本拍品不設底價

十六/十七世紀 銅釋迦牟尼像 及銅善財童子像 各一

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