Lot n° 40
Estimation :
8000 - 10000
EUR
China - Sixteen Kingdoms period (304 - 439) - Lot 40
China - Sixteen Kingdoms period (304 - 439)
△ Small statuette of Sakyamuni Buddha in gilded bronze, seated in padmasana on a high base supported by two lions, the headdress surmounted by a high ushnisha
H. 8.5 cm
Reference:
- Similar object in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (accession Number: 1974.268.8a-c)
- another similar object in the Harvard University Art Museums, Winthrop Collection, both published in the book Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wisdom embodied, pages 48 and 49
- another in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Sculpture 6, Brass and Stone Sculptures, 2009, n°2, page 20.
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