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尺寸：高30cm
年代：明代 16世纪
质地：合金铜漆金
风格：中原
来源：拍卖会
成交：252,500港元(2021.04)
参阅：香港邦瀚斯
鉴赏：
A GILT LACQUER COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
古比特佛像网, 编号: 释迦牟尼佛:释迦牟尼佛374
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16886
30 cm (11 3/4 in.) high
明 十五世紀 銅漆金佛陀像

Shakyamuni is depicted, with his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra, having attained blissful nirvana. Compared with similar Ming examples, the face of this Buddha sculpture is quite exceptional, exhibiting a sweet quietude. Elegant folds within the robe and finely chased floral patterns along the hems also attest to its quality of casting and meticulous attention to detail.

The soft, rounded face, robust body, and bold, stylized lotus base attribute a fifteenth-century date. Compare a related gilt-bronze figure of Bhaishajyaguru 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. Also compare a related gilt-bronze figure of Buddha in the Munsterberg Collection (Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, New York, 1988, pls.18a and 18b). Two closely related examples of Ming gilt-lacquered figures of Buddha were sold at Christie's New York, 24-25 March 2011, lot 1630 & 22-23 March 2012, lot 1778.

Provenance
Dr. Manser Collection, acquired in Beijing in the 1930s
Earle J. Stone, San Diego, California, 1977
Private Collection, Bloomington, Indiana