Lot 3060. A gilt-bronze figure of a seated Shakyamuni Buddha, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 32.2 cm., 12 5/8 in. Estimate 500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 625,000 HKD. Photo:Sotheby's

with hands held in dhyanamudra, the face with downcast eyes and a meditative expression adorned with an urna on the forehead, the hair tightly curled around the protuberant ushnisha, wearing loose robes well-decorated along the hem with lotus scrolls, draped around the shoulders and open revealing the bare chest with a wan symbol and an inner garment tied at the waist, seated in dhyanasana with dhoti falling over the legs.

Note: Figures related to the present sculpture include two slightly larger examples sold in our London rooms, 1st November 1985, lot 409, and 22nd December 1975, lot 42, respectively; another sold at Christie’s London, 13th December 1982, lot 686; and a smaller example sold in our New York rooms, 19th March 1997, lot 41. Compare also a much larger figure sold in these rooms, 29th October 2001, lot 722.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Hong Kong, 08 Apr 2014