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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
SOLD TO BENEFIT MENTAL HEALTH CHARITIES IN ASIA
亞洲私人珍藏 — 有關收益將捐贈予亞洲精神健康慈善機構

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A VERY RARE AND FINELY CAST GILT-BRONZE
FIGURE OF MAITREYA
INCISED YONGLE SIX-CHARACTER PRESENTATION MARK AND OF
THE PERIOD (1403-1425)
The figure is seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, with
his main hands held in dharmachakra mudra holding the tips
of lotus stems, one lotus stem bearing his attribute of a flask.
The figure is wearing a flowing dhoti tied at waist and sash
over the shoulders revealing the chest adorned with beaded
pendent jewellery. The face provides a benevolent expression
with painted eyes and lips, his hair worn in braids and curling
topknot with loose strands falling over the shoulders. The
upper surface of the base is incised with a six-character mark,
Da Ming Yongle nian shi, ‘Bestowed in the Great Ming Yongle
period’.
8 ½ in. (20.1 cm.) high, box

HK$2,500,000-3,500,000 US$330,000-450,000
PROVENANCE
Yoritomo Motohiro (1945-2015), Japan, renowned scholar of
Buddhist art

明永樂 鎏金銅彌勒菩薩坐像
「大明永樂年施」刻款

來源
賴富本宏 (1945-2015)，日本，著名佛教藝術學者

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