DescriptionA bronze figure of ascetic Shakyamuni BuddhaYuan / Ming dynasty元 / 明 銅苦行釋迦牟尼坐像
wood stand (2)本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測編號C119p28，結果與其斷代相符
Height 6¾ in., 17.2 cmCondition reportOverall in good condition with a discreet casting hole underneath the thigh and another at the right seat measuring approx. 0.4 x 0.6 cm. A couple more minute losses and dents. Minor wear.
For more information on and additional videos for this lot, please contact Eleanor.Jahrling@sothebys.com.
Because this lot was imported into the United States after September 1, 2020, it is subject to an import tariff of 7.5% of the value declared upon entry into the United States. $4,779.00, plus applicable sales tax will be included on your invoice unless you instruct Sotheby's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address. For more information on the import tariff, please review the Symbol Key in the back of the catalogue. If you have any questions, please contact tariffs@sothebys.com.
由於本拍品在 2020年9月1日之後進口到美國，所以買家可能需就本拍品支付進口關稅，金額為拍品進口美國當時申報價值的7.5％。除非您要求蘇富比安排運送拍品到美國境外之地址，否則發票上將包括4,779.00 美元以及相關的銷售稅。如欲查詢進口關稅的更多信息，請查閱目錄背面的附錄。如有任何疑問，敬請聯繫tariffs@sothebys.com。
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
我們很高興為您提供上述拍品狀況報告。由於敝公司非專業修復人員，在此敦促您徵詢其他專業修復人員，以獲得更詳盡、專業之報告。
準買家應該檢查每件拍品以確認其狀況，蘇富比所作的任何陳述均為主觀看法而非事實陳述。雖然本狀況報告或有針對某拍品之討論，但所有拍賣品均根據印於圖錄內之業務規則以拍賣時狀況出售。ProvenanceMoreau Gobard, Paris.
Moreau Gobard，巴黎Catalogue noteThis figure depicts Shakyamuni practicing extreme asceticism in the wilderness during his search for enlightenment. During this time, he realized that such self-punishment was ultimately futile, and he eventually attained enlightenment through meditation and the Middle Path of balance and moderation.
This representation of the Buddha became especially popular in China during the Yuan dynasty and continued into the Ming and Qing periods. Such representations were associated with the Chan school of Buddhism, which encouraged more individualistic paths to enlightenment. However, Sherman Lee and Wai-kam Ho note in Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1968, p. 124, that 'the prototype could be traced back at least to Kuan-hsiu's Sixteen Arhats of the Five Dynasties period, or Buddhist paintings of the ninth and tenth centuries showing hermits and the familiar figure of Vasu in Tun-huang and Central Asia'.
A very similar figure from the Warren Cox Collection, attributed to the Ming dynasty, is included in Hugo Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, Tokyo, 1967, pl. 122. A gilt-bronze Ming dynasty figure is illustrated in Jintong foxiang [Gilt-bronze Buddhist Sculptures], Beijing, 1998, pl. 17. Another closely related example, attributed to the Yuan period, was formerly in the Water, Pine, and Stone Retreat Collection and sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 4th April 2012, lot 164. Compare also a lacquered gilt-bronze figure with a patterned robe from the collection of Mrs Walter Sedgwick, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1957, cat. no. 292, and sold in our London rooms, 2nd July 1968, lot 37.
For stylistically similar examples in other media from the Yuan dynasty, compare a gilt-lacquer wood figure in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (accession no. 29.172), and another wood figure in the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham (accession no. 1979.316), illustrated in John H. Seto, Handbook of the Oriental Collection: The Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, 1988, pl. 64. See also the large and impressive gilt-bronze ascetic Shakyamuni in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (accession no. 1966.116).
The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., sample no. C119p28.
DescriptionA bronze figure of ascetic Shakyamuni BuddhaYuan / Ming dynasty元 / 明 銅苦行釋迦牟尼坐像
wood stand (2)本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測編號C119p28，結果與其斷代相符
Height 6¾ in., 17.2 cmCondition reportOverall in good condition with a discreet casting hole underneath the thigh and another at the right seat measuring approx. 0.4 x 0.6 cm. A couple more minute losses and dents. Minor wear.
For more information on and additional videos for this lot, please contact Eleanor.Jahrling@sothebys.com.
Because this lot was imported into the United States after September 1, 2020, it is subject to an import tariff of 7.5% of the value declared upon entry into the United States. $4,779.00, plus applicable sales tax will be included on your invoice unless you instruct Sotheby's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address. For more information on the import tariff, please review the Symbol Key in the back of the catalogue. If you have any questions, please contact tariffs@sothebys.com.
由於本拍品在 2020年9月1日之後進口到美國，所以買家可能需就本拍品支付進口關稅，金額為拍品進口美國當時申報價值的7.5％。除非您要求蘇富比安排運送拍品到美國境外之地址，否則發票上將包括4,779.00 美元以及相關的銷售稅。如欲查詢進口關稅的更多信息，請查閱目錄背面的附錄。如有任何疑問，敬請聯繫tariffs@sothebys.com。
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
我們很高興為您提供上述拍品狀況報告。由於敝公司非專業修復人員，在此敦促您徵詢其他專業修復人員，以獲得更詳盡、專業之報告。
準買家應該檢查每件拍品以確認其狀況，蘇富比所作的任何陳述均為主觀看法而非事實陳述。雖然本狀況報告或有針對某拍品之討論，但所有拍賣品均根據印於圖錄內之業務規則以拍賣時狀況出售。ProvenanceMoreau Gobard, Paris.
Moreau Gobard，巴黎Catalogue noteThis figure depicts Shakyamuni practicing extreme asceticism in the wilderness during his search for enlightenment. During this time, he realized that such self-punishment was ultimately futile, and he eventually attained enlightenment through meditation and the Middle Path of balance and moderation.
This representation of the Buddha became especially popular in China during the Yuan dynasty and continued into the Ming and Qing periods. Such representations were associated with the Chan school of Buddhism, which encouraged more individualistic paths to enlightenment. However, Sherman Lee and Wai-kam Ho note in Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1968, p. 124, that 'the prototype could be traced back at least to Kuan-hsiu's Sixteen Arhats of the Five Dynasties period, or Buddhist paintings of the ninth and tenth centuries showing hermits and the familiar figure of Vasu in Tun-huang and Central Asia'.
A very similar figure from the Warren Cox Collection, attributed to the Ming dynasty, is included in Hugo Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, Tokyo, 1967, pl. 122. A gilt-bronze Ming dynasty figure is illustrated in Jintong foxiang [Gilt-bronze Buddhist Sculptures], Beijing, 1998, pl. 17. Another closely related example, attributed to the Yuan period, was formerly in the Water, Pine, and Stone Retreat Collection and sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 4th April 2012, lot 164. Compare also a lacquered gilt-bronze figure with a patterned robe from the collection of Mrs Walter Sedgwick, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1957, cat. no. 292, and sold in our London rooms, 2nd July 1968, lot 37.
For stylistically similar examples in other media from the Yuan dynasty, compare a gilt-lacquer wood figure in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (accession no. 29.172), and another wood figure in the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham (accession no. 1979.316), illustrated in John H. Seto, Handbook of the Oriental Collection: The Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, 1988, pl. 64. See also the large and impressive gilt-bronze ascetic Shakyamuni in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (accession no. 1966.116).
The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., sample no. C119p28.
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