A RARE EARLY-MING GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA

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30.05.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
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Los 2885 | A RARE EARLY-MING GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA
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A RARE EARLY-MING GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARAYONGLE INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1403-1425)The figure is seated majestically in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base,arms crossed before the chest with a vajra held in the right hand anda ghana in the left, wearing a long flowing dhoti tied at waist, an elaborate necklace across the bare chest, armbands and bracelets. The rounded face is finely cast with a compassionate expression, flanked by pendulous ears wearing floral medallion earrings, under ‘an eight-leaf diadem’. The lotus base is incised with the six-character reign mark, Da Ming Yongle nian shi, ‘Bestowed in the Great Ming Yongle period’.8 1⁄2 in. (21.5 cm.) high Provenance Acquired by the current owner from the collection ofBerti Aschmann, Zurich in the 1990s (by repute)Berti Aschmann is a renowned Buddhist art collector and scholar based in Zurich. She donated her entire collection to the Rietberg Museum, Zurich, where it has been on permanent display since 1995 and forms the core of the Southeast Asian and Chinese Buddhist collection of the museum.
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