Lot 1630
1630
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA

MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
Seated in dhyanasana on a beaded double lotus base with hands in dhyana and bhumisparsa mudras, dressed in loosely draped robes left open at the right shoulder, the broad face with serene, downcast expression and flanked by long earlobes beneath the tight whorls of hair surmounted by a tall usnisa
12 11/16 in. (32.2 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The full, yet somewhat squared facial features, robust body and stylization of the boldly cast lotus lappet base all indicate a 15th century date. Compare, for example, a closely related gilt-bronze figure of Bhaisajyaguru Buddha, dated to the first year of Jingtai (1450), illustrated in Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Buddhist Statues (I), Beijing, 1999, p. 153, no. 115.

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