Lot 184*
A rare gilt-lacquer bronze repoussé figure of Buddha Qianlong incised seven-character mark and of the period
16 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £31,312.50 inc. premium
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A rare gilt-lacquer bronze repoussé figure of Buddha
Qianlong incised seven-character mark and of the period
Well modelled seated in dhyanasana in his hand in bhumisparsamudra, on a double-lotus base inscribed in Manchu, Tibetan, Chinese and Mongolian, wearing layered monk's robes gathered in cascading folds, his rounded face with a serene expression flanked by long pendulous ears, beneath a domed ushnisha, the sealed base engraved with a double vajra, fitted box. 30.5cm (12in) high. (2).
Well modelled seated in dhyanasana in his hand in bhumisparsamudra, on a double-lotus base inscribed in Manchu, Tibetan, Chinese and Mongolian, wearing layered monk's robes gathered in cascading folds, his rounded face with a serene expression flanked by long pendulous ears, beneath a domed ushnisha, the sealed base engraved with a double vajra, fitted box. 30.5cm (12in) high. (2).
Footnotes
清乾隆 銅鎏金佛像
「大清乾隆年敬造」「光明王佛」等滿漢蒙藏四語銘文
Provenance: the Gerry and Pamela Virtue collection, Australia, circa 1960s
來源：自二十世紀六十年代起，由澳洲Gerry Virtue與Pamela Virtue夫婦收藏
Gerry Virtue visited Nepal as early as 1959, engaging in hiking and exploration as well as flying with a hot air balloon over the Everest. His travel feats are recorded in his published memoir Blazing the Hippie Trail in 1959: Calcutta to London on 10 Pounds, which was published in 2013. In 1976 he collaborated on an exhibition of Tibetan art at the Seymour Centre in Sydney. His wife Pamela equally shared in the passion for collecting Himalayan art, with her aesthetic sensibilities to Gerry's superb eye.
The inscription on the present lot identifies the Buddha as that of the Tejorajaya Buddha. The inscription shows that the Buddha was specially commissioned by the Imperial Court during the celebrated reign of the Qianlong emperor.
