Reflection and Enlightenment: Chinese Buddhist Gilt-Bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection

A gilt-bronze figure of a Buddhist devotee Tang dynasty | 唐鎏金銅供養人立像

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A gilt-bronze figure of a Buddhist devotee

Tang dynasty

唐鎏金銅供養人立像

naturalistically cast depicting a standing female Buddhist devotee, both hands held in anjali mudra with dainty facial features set in a serene and contemplative expression, the pleated robe draping naturally down her body, partially veiling her two feet, her hair held up in a boat-shaped top knot

h. 8 cm

J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2009.

藍理捷，紐約，2009年

Leopold Swergold, Thoughts on Chinese Buddhist Gilt Bronzes, Aventura, 2014, cat. no. 23.

Beatrice Chan, 'Reflection and Enlightenment: Chinese Buddhist Gilt Bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston', Arts of Asia, January/February 2018, pp. 58-65.

Leopold Swergold，《Thoughts on Chinese Buddhist Gilt Bronzes》，2014年，圖版23

Beatrice Chan，〈Reflection and Enlightenment: Chinese Buddhist Gilt Bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston〉，《Arts of Asia》，2018年1至2月，頁58-65

This finely cast figure, in which the original gilding is unusually well preserved, depicts a female Buddhist devotee standing with hands held in anjali mudra. Her delicate face is set in an expression of serene contemplation, her hair tied in a boat-shaped top knot. The rectangular tang that projects from the base would have allowed the figure to be inserted into a slot on the original platform. A gilt-bronze figure of similar size and form is illustrated in Chinese Art from the Ferrris Luboshez Collection, University of Maryland Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1972, pl. 106.

A gilt-bronze figure of a Buddhist devotee Tang dynasty | 唐 鎏金銅供養人立像

A gilt-bronze figure of a Buddhist devotee Tang dynasty | 唐鎏金銅供養人立像