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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
LONGQING PERIOD, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1571
Details
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
LONGQING PERIOD, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1571
The figure is cast with a serene face and pendulous earlobes below blue painted hair cast in tight curls. His right hand is raised in vitarkamudra and his left hand is held in his lap. He is seated in dhyanasana upon a lotus base. The reverse of the base is inscribed and dated, Longqing wunian sanyue zao ('made in the third month of the fifth year of the Longqing reign', corresponding to 1571), with three partially legible names of the donors.
14 7/8 in. (38 cm.) high
LONGQING PERIOD, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1571
The figure is cast with a serene face and pendulous earlobes below blue painted hair cast in tight curls. His right hand is raised in vitarkamudra and his left hand is held in his lap. He is seated in dhyanasana upon a lotus base. The reverse of the base is inscribed and dated, Longqing wunian sanyue zao ('made in the third month of the fifth year of the Longqing reign', corresponding to 1571), with three partially legible names of the donors.
14 7/8 in. (38 cm.) high
Provenance
The property of a Virginia collector.
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Cherrei Yuan Tian