佛像网

尺寸：高150cm
年代：元代
质地：木雕
风格：中原
来源：拍卖会
成交：100,500英镑(1999.06)
参阅：伦敦佳士得
鉴赏：
A LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF VAIROCANA
yuan dynasty
The figure naturalistically carved seated in dhyanasana, the hands held before the chest with raised index fingers, dressed in loosely draped robes falling over both shoulders and arms, tied together below the bare chest, the folds deeply carved with swirls at the hems, the head cast with arched eyebrows above downcast eyes, the eyebrows, moustache and beard naturalistically rendered, the hair formed of tight overlapping curls, gilt decoration worn, usnisa lacking, minor losses
59 in. (150 cm.) high

Lot Essay
Compare the similar slightly smaller seated gilt lacquered figure, which dates from the Jin Dynasty and which also has a small moustache and beard, exhibited at the National Museum of History, Taipei, 1997, The Splendour of Buddhist Statuaries: Chinese Buddhist Wooden Sculpture from Sung and Yuan Dynasties, Catalogue, front cover and pp. 38-40.