Lot 72
72
A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST PRIEST

Details
A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST PRIEST
MING DYNASTY

Heavily cast, the contemplative figure shown standing atop a lotus base with his hands in an attitude of prayer, wearing layered robes, the under-robe cast with flowerheads, the outer robe draped over one shoulder cast in imitation of patchwork, the dark olive-brown patina with traces of gilding, some cuprite encrustation on the interior--6in. (15.1cm.) high
Provenance
Desmond Gure Collection, no. 120

Lot Essay

It is unusual to find a bronze figure wearing a robe of this type. For an earlier representation see the gilt-bronze figure of Buddha, dated Song Dynasty, illustrated by Yuzo Suzimuro, Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes, and Jades in Japanese Collections, Honolulu, 1966, pl. 48