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

A miniature gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Sui dynasty | 隋鎏金銅佛立像

Auction Closed

October 12, 12:42 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 HKD

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Description

A miniature gilt-bronze figure of Buddha

Sui dynasty

隋鎏金銅佛立像

the finely cast miniature figure depicting Buddha standing on a rectangular four-legged pedestal, both arms depicted horizontally outstretched, the unbalanced eyes and furrowed brows creating an austere expression, the head leans against an unadorned petal-shaped mandorla, the robe depicted with a circular neckline, tapering to a V-shaped tip at the bottom of the figure

h. 6 cm

Collection of Paul Manheim (1905-1999).

Sotheby's New York, 16th September 2009, lot 112 (part lot).

Paul Manheim（1905-1999年）收藏

紐約蘇富比2009年9月16日，編號112（其一）

This finely cast miniature figure depicts Buddha standing on a rectangular pedestal. The particularly elongated and columnar treatment of the body indicates that the figure was made prior to the Tang dynasty, when sculptors moved toward a representational mode that expressed greater movement and anatomical detail.

A miniature gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Sui dynasty | 隋 鎏金銅佛立像

A miniature gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Sui dynasty | 隋鎏金銅佛立像