£18,750
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 682
Auction: 13 May 2022 at 11:00 BST
明 大明永樂年施刻款 銅鎏金佛座像
finely cast and portrayed seated in dhyanasana, right hand lowered in karana mudra and the left in dhyana mudra, the buddha wears a loose robe falling in elegant folds leaving the right shoulder bare, the serene face with downcast eyes and gentle smile flanked by pendulous ears with pierced lobes, the head and domed ushnisha covered with tight curls applied in blue pigment, further surmounted by a jewel, all supported on a double lotus pedestal with beaded edges, engraved on the front top of the pedestal with a six-character 'Da Ming Yongle Nian Shi' mark
Provenance: Private European collection
Note: Compare the proportions, the treatment of the robes, the lotus thrones, and the facial features of the present lot with two gilt-bronze figures of Shakyamuni, both mark and period of Yongle, one larger one smaller, sold at Sotheby's New York, 11 September 2012, lot 183 and Sotheby's Hong Kong, 08 October 2013, lot 3075. A further comparable example also incised with six-character Yongle mark was sold at Bonhams San Francisco, 16 Dec 2014, lot 8018