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PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTIONTHIS FIGURE WAS ACQUIRED AMONGST OTHER WORKS OFART IN SHANGHAI PROBABLY AROUND 1900. The collector went to China as a naval commissioner for the French navy. After China he returned to France where he worked as a lawyer for a few years. However the call of the sea was too strong for the young man and he went to Alexandria in Egypt where he became a specialistof maritime law. He continued to collect works of art. This Buddha figure was very important to him as he carried it with him on all histravels. He had a special devotion and attachment to the Buddha figure.
STATUE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN BOIS LAQUE OR
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, CIRCA XVEME SIECLE
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STATUE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN BOIS LAQUE OR
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, CIRCA XVEME SIECLE
Il est représenté assis en vajrasana avec les mains en dhyanamudra. Il est vêtu d'une robe monastique formant d'harmonieux plis. Son visage est serein et ses cheveux sont coiffés en boucles surmontées du ratna.
Hauteur: 36,5 cm. (14 ¼ in.)
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, CIRCA XVEME SIECLE
Il est représenté assis en vajrasana avec les mains en dhyanamudra. Il est vêtu d'une robe monastique formant d'harmonieux plis. Son visage est serein et ses cheveux sont coiffés en boucles surmontées du ratna.
Hauteur: 36,5 cm. (14 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Acquired in Shanghai circa 1900 by the great-grand-uncle of the present owner, thence by descent in the family.
Further details
A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY