14 mai 2017
A large bronze figure of the Medicine Buddha on a lotus stand, 16th century
Lot 111. A large bronze figure of the Medicine Buddha on a lotus stand, 16th century. Estimate £5,000 - 8,000. Sold for £21,250 (€25,121). Photo: Bonhams.
Heavily cast seated cross-legged in dhyanasana on a lotus pedestal, with downcast eyes forming a meditative face flanked by pendulous ears and beneath a prominent ushnisha, simply attired in a robe with floral hem loosely revealing the chest, the hands in bhumisparsa mudra. 45cm (17 3/4in) high. (2).
Provenance: an English private collection
Note: Compare with a similar bronze figure of the Medicine Buddha, seated on a lotus pedestal and dated to the 16th century, sold at Sotheby's Paris, 16 December 2015, lot 63.
Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 11 May 2017, 11:00 BST, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET
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