Lot 1
A rare gilt copper-alloy figure of Shakyamuni Buddha Tibet, 15th century
7 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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Asaph Hyman
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Dessa Goddard
Senior Vice President, US Head, Asian Art Group
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Rachel Hyman
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A rare gilt copper-alloy figure of Shakyamuni Buddha
Tibet, 15th century
The deity finely cast seated in dhyanasana on a waisted platform, the hands at the chest in dharmachakramudra, wearing a sanghati draped over one shoulder and falling over the crossed legs in pleated folds, the broad face with down-turned eyes displaying a benevolent expression, the long pendulous ears cut with vertical slots, the hair arranged in rows of small pointed whorls and surmounted by a domed ushnisha, base unsealed. 17.5cm (6 7/8in) high.
The deity finely cast seated in dhyanasana on a waisted platform, the hands at the chest in dharmachakramudra, wearing a sanghati draped over one shoulder and falling over the crossed legs in pleated folds, the broad face with down-turned eyes displaying a benevolent expression, the long pendulous ears cut with vertical slots, the hair arranged in rows of small pointed whorls and surmounted by a domed ushnisha, base unsealed. 17.5cm (6 7/8in) high.
Footnotes
十五世紀 銅鎏金釋迦牟尼坐像
Provenance: J.C. Moreau Gobard, Paris, 1963
Sotheby's New York, 17 September 2013, lot 62
來源：法國巴黎古董商，J.C. Moreau Gobard，1963年
紐約蘇富比，2013年9月17日，拍品編號62
This present figure depicts the Shakyamuni Buddha with his hands in the gesture of turning the Buddhist Wheel of Law and expounding the dharma.
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