ID 861927
Lot 3019 | A VERY RARE EARLY-MING GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF MAITREYA
Valeur estimée
HKD 3 500 000 – 5 000 000
YONGLE INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1403-1425)
The figure is standing gracefully with the hands in abhaya and varada mudra, gestures of protection and bestowal of charity. The crisply cast face is cold-painted and highlighted with red and black pigments, the eyes looking down to provide a benevolent expression, framed by pendulous ears, the head with a pronouced usnisa and covered with tightly curled whorls, wearing a voluminous robe draped from the shoulders and falling in concentric U-shaped folds at the chest, standing barefoot on an oval lotus pedestal, incised with Daming Yongle Nianshi, 'Bestowed in the Yongle period of the Great Ming Dyansty'.
6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high, cloth box
Provenance
The Property of an Asian Collector, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2010, lot 1959
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Bronce |
| Époque historique: | Période Yongle |
| Lieu d'origine: | Chine, Asie de l'Est, Asie |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets, Statuettes |
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Bronce |
| Époque historique: | Période Yongle |
| Lieu d'origine: | Chine, Asie de l'Est, Asie |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets, Statuettes |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
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