Feine partiell feuervergoldete Bronze des Bhaisajyaguru - photo 1
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Feine partiell feuervergoldete Bronze des Bhaisajyaguru

Lot 161
12.06.2023 09:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 161 | Feine partiell feuervergoldete Bronze des Bhaisajyaguru
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€ 10 000 – 15 000
A FINE PART-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BHAISAJYAGURU - China, late Ming dynasty - The Part-gilt bronze figure of the Medicine Buddha is seated in the meditation pose holds a myrobalan fruit or healing aruna fruit in his right hand. This fruit is native to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and southwestern China, and is referred to as a “medicine pill” in oral tradition. Other representations of the Medicine Buddha sometimes show the deity with a medicine pot or bowl in his left hand. Bhaisajyaguru or Medicine Buddha, who is associated with healing and medicine. In the 7th century, the Chinese monk Yijing (635-713), traveled to India and translated into Chinese the Sanskrit scripture Bhaisajyaguru Sutra-a major textual source for understanding the Medicine Buddha. Since that time, worship of Medicine Buddha has expanded enormously in China. - From the estate of Max Freiherr von Stoltzenberg, commander of the Prov. Col.2 East Asian Expeditionary Corps, collected in China before 1905 - Minor wear, very minor rest., fruit chipped
H. 32,5 cm
Die teilvergoldete Bronzefigur des Medizinbuddhas sitzt in der Meditationshaltung und hält eine Myrobalan-Frucht oder heilende Aruna-Frucht in seiner rechten Hand. Diese Frucht ist in Indien, Nepal, Sri Lanka und Südwestchina heimisch und wird in der mündlichen Überlieferung als "Medizinpille" bezeichnet. Andere Darstellungen des Medizinbuddhas zeigen die Gottheit manchmal mit einem Medizintopf oder einer Schale in der linken Hand. Bhaisajyaguru oder Medizinbuddha, der mit Heilung und Medizin in Verbindung gebracht wird. Im 7. Jahrhundert reiste der chinesische Mönch Yijing (635-713) nach Indien und übersetzte die Sanskrit-Schrift Bhaisajyaguru Sutra ins Chinesische - eine wichtige Textquelle zum Verständnis des Medizinbuddhas. Seit dieser Zeit hat sich die Verehrung des Medizinbuddhas in China enorm ausgeweitet.
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