Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
Property from a Distinguished American Private Collection
A large gilt-bronze figure of Weituo, Ming dynasty | 明 銅鎏金韋陀立像
Auction Closed
March 17, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A large gilt-bronze figure of Weituo
Ming dynasty
明 銅鎏金韋陀立像
the guardian deity standing, with the right hand lowered to the side and the left raised with an outstretched palm, the crisply modeled youthful face gazing forward intently below a winged helmet adorned with phoenix, wearing ornate armor secured with cords, sashes and an inlaid belt, further adorned with ferocious mythical beasts, a celestial scarf encircling the shoulders, extensively detailed and gilt, later stand
Height 17 ⅝ in., 44.8 cm
P.C. Lu & Sons, Hong Kong, 1st July 1983.
來源
魯氏父子有限公司，香港，1983年7月1日
Compare a large gilt-bronze figure of Weituo in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, illustrated by Hugo Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, Tokyo, 1967, pl. 94; and another in similar posture sold in our London rooms, 17th October 1978, lot 103. A third, with the arms in anjali mudra sold at Christie's New York, 23rd March 2011, lot 1632.