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Auction archive: Lot number 545

CHINESE SCHOOL 15th-16th century

Asian Arts
9 Sep 2017
Estimate
US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 545

CHINESE SCHOOL 15th-16th century

Asian Arts
9 Sep 2017
Estimate
US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

CHINESE SCHOOL 15th-16th century AKSHOBHYA BUDDHA, ENTHRONED The transcendant crowned Buddha seated in padmasana with hands in modified bhumisparsha mudra, on a stepped throne with atlante supports, an elaborate mandorla behind enclosing five additional Buddhas; beneath the throne, a roundel enclosing a vase of peony blossoms, above, apsaras bearing a parasol canopy, all among colored clouds, and on a patterned ground, ink and colors with gold on silk, framed, matted and glazed. H: 48 in., 122cm; W: 27 1/4 in., 69.2cm. provenance: Acquired by the present owner from a Southampton, New York estate (by descent from a New York family) For other examples of Ming dynasty Buddhist works, see "Ming Dynasty Shui Lu Paintings at Bao Ning Si", Beijing, n.d., #5; Sotheby's selling exhibition, "Footprints of the Buddha", September 3-23, 2013, #21; Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, accession #1996.0106; Marsha Weidner, ed, "Latter Days of the Law", Lawrence, Kansas, 1994, pp. 232-236, plates 3 and 4. See also the examples sold at Aguttes, Neuilly sur Seine, February 14, 2017, lot 98, and at at Freeman's, Philadelphia, April 25, 2017, lot 458.

Auction archive: Lot number 545
Auction:
Datum:
9 Sep 2017
Auction house:
Freeman's
Philadelphia
Beschreibung:

CHINESE SCHOOL 15th-16th century AKSHOBHYA BUDDHA, ENTHRONED The transcendant crowned Buddha seated in padmasana with hands in modified bhumisparsha mudra, on a stepped throne with atlante supports, an elaborate mandorla behind enclosing five additional Buddhas; beneath the throne, a roundel enclosing a vase of peony blossoms, above, apsaras bearing a parasol canopy, all among colored clouds, and on a patterned ground, ink and colors with gold on silk, framed, matted and glazed. H: 48 in., 122cm; W: 27 1/4 in., 69.2cm. provenance: Acquired by the present owner from a Southampton, New York estate (by descent from a New York family) For other examples of Ming dynasty Buddhist works, see "Ming Dynasty Shui Lu Paintings at Bao Ning Si", Beijing, n.d., #5; Sotheby's selling exhibition, "Footprints of the Buddha", September 3-23, 2013, #21; Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, accession #1996.0106; Marsha Weidner, ed, "Latter Days of the Law", Lawrence, Kansas, 1994, pp. 232-236, plates 3 and 4. See also the examples sold at Aguttes, Neuilly sur Seine, February 14, 2017, lot 98, and at at Freeman's, Philadelphia, April 25, 2017, lot 458.

Auction archive: Lot number 545
Auction:
Datum:
9 Sep 2017
Auction house:
Freeman's
Philadelphia
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