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A VERY LARGE AND IMPORTANT ZANABAZAR 18 CENTURY GILT IJĹᶾ䲨㛕恋⶜㛕䇦桐㟤曺戭挷慹慳徎䈇⯤ἃ⁷
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BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Fire-gilt bronze, remains of original cold paint 曺戭挷慹炻ᾅ㚱⍇刚
Mongolia, Zanabazar School, early 18th century 呁⎌炻㛕恋⶜㛕䇦桐㟤炻IJĹᶾ䲨⇅㛇
ἃ䣾䚌⛸⛐搚䎈剙䲳䘬暁Ⰼ咖剙⹏ᶲ炻⎛ㇳ㍉妠⛘⌘炻ⶎㇳ㊩慹以ˤ幓䨧堰
Buddha is seated in dhyanasana on an elevated double-lotus base that is 墇炻䶂㡅㳩㙊炻䁗䁗㚱䤆䘬暁䛤ᷕ攻㚱叿㓦㚱⃱㖶䘬䘥㮓ˤ朊⭡ヰ䤍␴┬炻
adorned with bead borders as well as two neatly chased hems with floral ㌚檖⛯⊣䘬⊭央↠↢䘬倱檣ˤ⸽悐挷慹暁慹∃㜝ˤ
decoration. His right hand is shown in bhumisparshamudra and the left
holding a bowl in his lap. Buddha is clad in a closely-fitting sanghati with 㛕恋⶜㛕䇦(1635-1723)∝䩳Ḯ㛕恋⶜㛕䇦⬠昊炻Ṿᶵ㗗⬿㔁柀堾炻ḇ㗗
a floral and curlicue hem, the folds elegantly draped over the shoulder 喅埻⭞ˣ晽⇣⭞炻䔁ᶳḮ姙⣂䱦伶曺戭揬忈ἄ⑩ˤ叿⎵䘬䈡刚㚱烉寸⭴䘬挷
and fanning below the ankles. The face shows heavy-lidded fish-shaped 慹炻䱦伶䘬⼊ン⍲㳩㙊䘬廒⹻炻ㆾ䪁ㆾ⛸⛐暁咖剙⹏ᶲ炻㛒挷慹䘬⸽⹏㚱叿
eyes and is centered by a raised urna, the hair in very fine tight curls over 䀓拵䘬暁慹∃㜝⌘炻䓐㤝䯉䘬ㇳ㱽⌣ᶵ⣙㔜橼䨑⭂⹎ˤ㛕恋⶜㛕䇦桐㟤䘬曺
the prominent ushnisha and topped with a knob. The underside is sealed 戭晽⟹⯽䎦Ḯ忶⍣柀⮶侭䘬桐䭬炻㶙㶙⛘⼙枧㔜ᾳἃ㔁喅埻ˤ
with a copper inset with a gilt double-vajra symbol.
⼊䉨烉Ṣ䈑晽⟹
The imperial art school founded by Zanabazar (1635-1723), religious ⯢⮠烉29.5⍀䰛(攟)炻21.5⍀䰛(⮔)炻13⍀䰛(檀)
leader, artist, and master craftsman, produced some of the finest bronzes 慵慷烉6.9℔㕌
in the history of Mongolian art. Characterized by richly gilt surfaces overall, ⑩䚠列⤥炻ᾅ㚱⍇⥳⃱㹹⊭㻧炻悐↮挷慹僓句
finely modeled and smoothly sloping contours with embellishments limited 䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻㕤1990⸜ẋ㕤伶⚳冲慹Ⱉ䌚⼿ˤ⼴䓙⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㕤ΐ㔎Ἓ⢓⼿
to borders, full figures standing or seated on an elevated double-lotus 岤ℍ㓞啷ˤ
base, the un-gilt base sealed with a gilt double-vajra, and a minimalist
aesthetic that endows the figures with a sense of stability, Zanabazar 㔯䌣㭼庫烉䚠Ụ䘬㛕恋⶜㛕䇦桐㟤ἃ⁷⎗⍫侫łůůŢġŎŢųŪŢ⍲ŇŢţŪŰġœŰŴŴŪ叿˪
bronze sculptures exhibit a cohesive style testament to the vision of the 呁⎌喅埻䍵⑩˫炻ijııĵ⸜炻䈑ẞij军ĵˤ䚠役䘬栆Ụ晽⁷⎗ẍ⍫侫ŔűŪůŬ⍲ŔŰů叿
great leader. Subjects span the full Buddhist pantheon. ˪幓⽫曰烉Ἦ冒大啷ˣ⯤㱲䇦ˣ呁⎌⍲ᷕ⚳䘬ἃ㔁喅埻˫炻IJĺĺĹ⸜炻䶐嘇IJĵˤ

Shape: Figural 䚠Ụ㉵⑩烉ᶨẞ⣏⮷䚠Ụ䘬㛕恋⶜㛕䇦桐㟤ἃ⁷炻⍫侫Ἓ⢓⼿˪⌘⹎冯⋿Ṇ
Dimensions: 29,5 cm (height), 21,5 cm (width), 13 cm (depth) 喅埻䍵⑩˫炻ijıIJĴ⸜Ĵ㚰IJĺ㖍炻䲸䲬炻ġ㉵⑩䶐嘇ijIJĺġ
Weight: 6,9 kilograms
Condition: Good and original condition with smooth patina, abrasions to EstimateġEUR 12.000,-
gilding Starting price EUR 6.000,-
Provenance: Private collection, acquired in San Francisco, USA, in the
1990s. Thereafter private collection, Austria, acquired at Christies London.
Literature comparison: For closely related Zanabazar Buddha sculptures
see Anna Maria and Fabio Rossi, Treasures from Mongolia, 2004 –
objects 2 through 4. For a near identical sculpture see Spink and Son,
Body, Speech, and Mind: Buddhist Art from Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and
China, 1998, cat. no. 14.

Auction result comparison: Christie’s, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, 19
March 2013, New York, lot 219. (for a near identical Zanabazar Buddha
sculpture of comparable size)

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