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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳藏品
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA Provenance: an English private collection
Late Ming Dynasty
Heavily cast seated cross-legged in dhyanasana, the Buddha 來源： 英國私人收藏
portrayed with a benign facial expression with downcast eyes and
pendulous ears, the hands folded and rested on the lap in dhyana Compare a similar gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, 16th/17th
mudra, dressed in long flowing robe bordered with floral hem, loosely century, in the Chang Foundation, illustrated in Buddhist Images in Gilt
revealing the wan symbol on the chest. 36.8cm (14 1/2in) high Metal, Taipei, 1993, pp.32-33, no.9.
£8,000 - 12,000 A similar gilt-bronze figure of the Medicine Buddha, late Ming dynasty,
CNY71,000 - 110,000 was sold at Sotheby’s London, 8 November 2017, lot 76.
明末 銅鎏金藥師如來坐像
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