Asian Art - 22nd May 2007

Lot 4

A Chinese gilt bronze seated figure of Buddha

Estimate £5,000 - £6,000

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Description

A Chinese gilt bronze seated figure of Buddha, raised on a lotus throne, seated in dhyanasana with his hands held in abhayamudra, incised Zheng Shi inside the base mid Ming dynasty, 21.5cm. Cf. Spencer, Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, no.4, pp.22-3, for a related example dated to the 15th/16th centuries.