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A MASSIVE CARVED STONE FIGURE OF THE BUDDHA
Ming Dynasty, dated by inscription to the 21st year of the Jiajing reign
corresponding to 1542 and of the period
Well carved standing on a tiered base consisting of a row of lotus
petals in turn supported on a hexagonal base with rectangular
recessed panel carved with lotus and foliage, the Buddha with serene
expression, hooded eyes, broad nose and long pendulous earlobes,
dressed in layered, loose-fitting robes open at the chest, his left hand
clutching a large pearl, the right arm stretched by his body with the
palm facing forward, the head with tightly rolled curls and an ushnisha,
all before a full length, flame-shaped mandorla inscribed on the reverse
with the date and donor’s name.
151cm (59 1/2in) high.
£30,000 - 50,000
CNY270,000 - 440,000
明嘉靖二十一年 石雕佛立像

Provenance: Ben Janssens Oriental Art Ltd., London, 20 February 2006
John J. Studzinski CBE, London

來源：英國倫敦古董商，Ben Janssens Oriental Art Ltd.，2006年2月20日
大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski珍藏

The inscription on the right hand side of the base at the front records
the name of the donor Li Guifang, and his professional status, Shan
Zhu or ‘Clerk to the Mountain Chief’, as well as two further names,
Pang [Lan] and Zhang Renshi, most probably representing Li Guifang’s
wife and concubine. The inscription ‘Guanyin Hall’ (觀音堂) on the
back of the sculpture may refer to a chamber in which this statue was
intended to reside, evidently in the company of four further sculptures
of the Buddha, according to another inscription on the back ‘Five
Buddhas standing together’ (五佛同立).

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