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A gilt bronze figure of Buddha Qianlong mark and period, the…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
19-Jul-2016
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Description:
A gilt bronze figure of Buddha Qianlong mark and period, the figure of Shakyamuni Buddha seated in meditative dhyanasana, the right arm lowered in bhumisparsamudra the left in dhyanamudra, wearing a loosely draped robe, the face with gentle expression and with tightly coiled curls and prominent usnisa, supported on a double lotus throne with a Tibetan inscriiption at the front, and along the side the inscription Da Qing Qianlong nian jing zao, 'respectifully made in the years of the Qianlong period of the Great Qing Dynasty' beside a second inscription wei lan fo and two other Tibetan inscriptions, 31 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of Lieutenant Commander John Bates, Victoria, acquired in Beijing circa 1900, Private Collecction, Melbourne by descent from the above . Compare with a similar figure sold Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 15 November 1989, lot 169 and again Sotheby's, New York, 14 September 2011, lot 325. See also a similar figure sold Sotheby's Australia, 29 October 2014, lot 207
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Category:
Oriental: Bronze