Lot 3056. A bronze figure of Shakyamuni, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534). H 19.5cm. Sold for 1,140,000 (Estimate HKD 1,000,000 - 1,500,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022.
Provenance: 1. Mayuyama & Co , Tokyo, Japan
2. Umehara Ryuzaburo, Important japanese Artist
3. An Important Kansai Private Collection.
Exhibited: Dedicated Collection of the Chinese Gilt-bronze Buddhist Sculpture of the Six- Dynasties Period, Kuboso Memorial Museum Arts, Izumi, Osaka, 1991.
Literature: 1. Dedicated Collection of the Chinese Gilt-bronze Buddhist Sculpture of the Six- Dynasties Period, Kuboso Memorial Museum Arts, Izumi, Osaka, 1991, No. 90.
2. Jin Shen, Zhongguo lidai jinian foxiang tudian [Chinese Historical Buddha Statues], Beijing, 1994, p.187, pl.133.
Poly Auction. Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 14 July 2022
