A MING GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF SAKYAMUNI

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A MING GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF SAKYAMUNI
16TH CENTURY

The figure cast seated in vajrasana on a triangular double-lotus base, the left hand holding an alms bowl in the upturned palm, the other hand in bhumisparsamudra, the serene face set with an urna between eyes downcast, the hair arranged in whorls above pendulous ears, wearing a voluminous monk's robe over the left shoulder, the garment incised with large floral-sprays falling in rhythmic folds around the legs and onto the base, the lining of the material and the base of the double-lotus incised with stylised floral scrolls
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The robe of the present figure, incised and rendered as squares, is known as a kasaya and traditionally made from patches of material joined together. Compare a very similar seated figure garbed in a robe of smaller patchwork sold in these Rooms, 3 November 1998, lot 1018.

Also compare a related example of a slightly later date to the present figure, with hands forming dharmacakra mudra, the Law of the Buddha, was sold in these Rooms, 27 April 1998, lot 615, dated to 17th century.

(US$6,400-10,000)

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