A large gilt lacquered figure of Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

Seated in dyanasana on a double lotus base with hands in dhyanamudra, wearing simple robes with incised foliate borders falling in graceful folds, the face well cast in a meditative expression flanked by the large ears beneath the tight whorls of hair surmounted by a tall usnisa, with traces of gilt lacquer. Traces of red to the interior. Height 37 cm. Width 23 cm.

Wear to gilding, holes.

Alkuperä - Provenienssi

Purchased by a Swedish collector from Beijer Auction house, Stockholm, Sweden, in 1989, lot no 1018.

Näyttelyt

Compare one sold at Christies, Art of China| Including Property from the Junkunc Collection. 11–29 JUN 2021, lot 103.

Kirjallisuus

The full, yet somewhat squared facial features, robust body and stylization of the boldly cast lotus lappet base all indicate a fifteenth century date. Compare, for example, a related gilt-bronze figure of Bhaisajyaguru Buddha, dated to the first year of Jingtai (1450), illustrated in Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Buddhist Statues (I), Beijing, 1999, p. 153, no. 115.

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