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A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
767 - 959 EUR
882 - 1 100 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
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Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

The figure depicts Buddha as an infant, wearing a Chinese style apron. The left hand pointing to the heavens and his right pointing to the earth, the iconography refers to the moment when the newborn Buddha announced: '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.'. Height 17.5 cm.

Wear, holes. Fingers missing.

Provenance

Purchased at Crafoord Auction in Lund, Sweden, from the Collection of Jan Bäckman (1953-2012).

Literature

(Beal, 'Asvaghosa's Life of Buddha', in Sacred Books of the East, vol. XIX, Oxford, 1883, p. 226.) Reference for quote.