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A VERY RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
SHAKYAMUNI
Tibet, 15th century
Finely cast with eyes downcast in meditative expression flanked by a
pair of long pendulous earlobes, all beneath tightly-coiled curls, seated
in dhyanasana atop a double-lotus pedestal, with the right hand
reaching down towards the ground in bhumisparsha 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, box.
27.5cm (10 7/8in) high. (2).

£120,000 - 150,000
CNY1,100,000 - 1,300,000

西藏，十五世紀 銅鎏金釋迦牟尼坐像

Provenance: Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3331
A distinguished London private collection

來源：香港佳士得，2011年11月30日，拍品編號3331
倫敦顯赫私人收藏

The finely-cast figure depicts the Shakyamuni Buddha reaching
forward with his right hand to call the earth to witness his right to
attain enlightenment. The hands are subtly sculpted and slender.
Furthermore, the well-proportioned body clad in a close-fitting garment
with richly engraved seams shows a high artistic sensibility. The
drapery and style are similar to a 15th century Tibetan gilt-bronze
figure of the Tathagata Aksobhya seated in front of a vajra, illustrated
in On the Path to Enlightenment: The Berti Aschman Foundation of
Tibetan Art at the Museum Rietberg Zurich, Zurich, 1995, p.72, no.30.

See a related gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, 15th century,
which was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 22 March 2018, lot 1037.

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