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ANOTHER PROPERTY A nearly identical repousse figure, also Qianlong period, was sold at
Christies New York, 23 March 2011, lot 1639. Another slightly larger
67 repousse figure of standing Buddha, dated to the 18th/19th century,
A REPOUSSE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA was sold at Christie’s, New York, The Collection of Robert Hatfield
Qianlong period Ellsworth, 20 March 2015, lot 774.
The figure standing dressed in a dhoti tied at the waist, with long,
loose robes draped over the shoulder and the exposed chest For a larger but similarly modelled copper repousse figure of the
displaying a wan symbol, the broad face serene with red lips, the hair Buddhist disciple Kashyapa, dated 1800-1900, from the Avery
in tight whorls with blue pigments, the figure with traces of gilding, set Brundage Collection, San Fransisco Museum of Art, see www.
into a later lotus base. asianart.org /Chinese Art/Sculpture - Object Number: B60B326.
12 3/4in (32.4cm) high, exclusive of the base
For a Ming pre-cursor in cast gilt-bronze see Eskanazi, Chinese
$8,000 - 10,000 Buddhist Sculpture from Northern Wei to Ming, March, 2002,
pp.52-55, no. 15.
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