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PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTIONTHIS FIGURE WAS ACQUIRED AMONGST OTHER WORKS OFART IN SHANGHAI PROBABLY AROUND 1900. The collector went to China as a naval commissioner for the French navy. After China he returned to France where he worked as a lawyer for a few years. However the call of the sea was too strong for the young man and he went to Alexandria in Egypt where he became a specialistof maritime law. He continued to collect works of art. This Buddha figure was very important to him as he carried it with him on all histravels. He had a special devotion and attachment to the Buddha figure.
STATUE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN BOIS LAQUE OR
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, CIRCA XVEME SIECLE
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Hauteur: 36,5 cm. (14 ¼ in.)
来源
Acquired in Shanghai circa 1900 by the great-grand-uncle of the present owner, thence by descent in the family.
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A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY