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拍品專文
The two final characters in the Qianlong reign mark, jing zhuang, which may be translated as 'assembled', may refer to the making of the piece or to the inclusion of the votif contents.
A related Qianlong mark appears on a gilded and painted bronze figure of a bodhisattva, from the estate of Edith Altschul Graham, sold in these rooms, 22 March 2007, lot 215. Both the above-cited and present figures appear to be from a similar group of Qianlong period bronzes influenced by Tibetan Buddhism. Related bronze Buddhist figures of bodhisattvas, placed in front of painted thangkas and beneath rows of Tibetan characters, can be seen in a shrine in the Pavilion of Raining Flowers in the Forbidden City, Beijing, illustrated in Cultural Relics of Tibetan Buddhism Collected in the Qing Palace, Beijing, 1998, pp. 254-55.
A related Qianlong mark appears on a gilded and painted bronze figure of a bodhisattva, from the estate of Edith Altschul Graham, sold in these rooms, 22 March 2007, lot 215. Both the above-cited and present figures appear to be from a similar group of Qianlong period bronzes influenced by Tibetan Buddhism. Related bronze Buddhist figures of bodhisattvas, placed in front of painted thangkas and beneath rows of Tibetan characters, can be seen in a shrine in the Pavilion of Raining Flowers in the Forbidden City, Beijing, illustrated in Cultural Relics of Tibetan Buddhism Collected in the Qing Palace, Beijing, 1998, pp. 254-55.