ID 963311
Lot 3083 | A RARE AND FINELY CAST GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA
Valeur estimée
HKD 4 000 000 – 7 000 000
XUANDE INCISED SIX-CHARACTER PRESENTATION MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1403-1425)
The figure is seated majestically in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, holding a vajra held in the right hand and a 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 Xuande nian shi, ‘Bestowed in the Great Ming Xuande period’.
10 in. (26.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner from the collection of Berti 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.
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Bronce |
| Époque historique: | Période Xuande |
| Genre: | Genre religieux |
| Lieu d'origine: | Chine, Asie de l'Est, Asie |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets |
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Bronce |
| Époque historique: | Période Xuande |
| Genre: | Genre religieux |
| Lieu d'origine: | Chine, Asie de l'Est, Asie |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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| Téléphone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Commission | see on Website | |
| Conditions d'utilisation | Conditions d'utilisation |






