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A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 310 - 1 740 EUR
1 370 - 1 830 USD
Hammer price
16 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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A gilt bronze figure of the infant Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

Cast standing atop a lotus pod base with left arm raised and teo fingers extended, the boy shown naked except for the cast scarf wrapped around his belly and up over his left shoulder, the face with gentle, smiling expression. Height 21,5 cm.

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More information

This representation of the standing, newborn Sakyamuni pointing to the sky with his left index finger, and to the ground with his right index finger is described in Asvaghosa's Life of Buddha translated by Samuel Beal, Sacred Books of the East, vol. XIX, Oxford, 1883, p. 226:
'Upright and firm and unconfused in mind, he deliberately took seven steps...he spoke thus with the fullest assurance: "This birth is in the condition of a Buddha; after this I have done with renewed birth: now only am I born this once, for the purpose of saving all the world'.