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October 12, 12:42 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
A small inscribe♒d gilt-bron𝓡ze figure of Padmapani
Liu Song dynasty, inscribed with a date corresponding to 47💯4
劉宋元徽二年 鎏金銅蓮華手觀音立像
finely cast in the form of the Bodhisattva Padmapani, an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, standing in tribhanga atop a rectangular pedestal, the face framed by a slender and pointed headpiece, both of which lean against a plain, flame-shaped mandorla with a two-tiered columnar apex topped off by a cintamani jewel finial, the raised right hand holds a willow branch while the left hand holds an amphora, the incised inscription on the r♐everse stating that the ♈figure was donated by Jiang Chong in the second year of the Yuanhui reign
銘文:
元徽二年三月廿一日江冲像一區供養
h. 6.4 cm
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo, February 1999.
千秋庭,東京,1999年2月
Reflection and Enlightenment: Chinese Buddhist Gilt Bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2017-2018.
《Reflection and En🧸lightenment: Chinese Buddhist Gilt Bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection》,休士頓美術館,休士💞頓,2017-2018年