MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The figure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base, with the hands in bhumisparsa mudra. The robe has foliate borders and is gracefully draped over the shoulder and around the body. The broad face is cast with a gentle expression and the hair, which is dressed in spiky curls is covered in blue pigment.
14½ in. (37 cm.) high, wood stand

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For a related fifteenth century gilt-bronze figure, which bears an inscription dating it to the first year of Jingtai (1450), see Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Buddhist Statues (I), Beijing, 1999, p. 153, no. 11, where the figure is identified as Bhaisajyaguru Buddha. See, also, the similar fifteenth century gilt-lacquered bronze figure of the seated Buddha sold in these rooms, 24-25 March 2011, lot 1630.

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