TRÈS RARE STATUETTE DU BOUDDHA AKSHOBYA EN BRONZE DORÉ MARQUE ET ÉPOQUE ZHENGTONG, DATÉE 1439 | 明正統 鎏金銅阿閦佛坐像 《大明正統己未金川北丘昌淨捐貲命工造》款 | A very rare gilt-bronze figure of Akshobya, Zhengtong mark and period, dated 1439

TRÈS RARE STATUETTE DU BOUDDHA AKSHOBYA EN BRONZE DORÉ MARQUE ET ÉPOQUE ZHENGTONG, DATÉE 1439
明正統 鎏金銅阿閦佛坐像
《大明正統己未金川北丘昌淨捐貲命工造》款
A very rare gilt-bronze figure of Akshobya, Zhengtong mark and period, dated 1439

assis en dhyanasana sur une double base lotiforme, les mains en bhumisparsa mudra, vêtu d'une fine robe monastique délicatement plissée, le visage à l'expression sereine, les yeux mi-clos, les oreilles aux longs lobes, la chevelure coiffée de petites boucles retenues en un haut chignon surmonté d'un bijou, le socle incise de l'inscription "Da Ming Zhengtong jiwei Jinchuan bei Qiu Changjing juanzi ming gong zao", non scellée

25,6 cm, 10⅛ in.
25.6 公分， 10⅛英寸

Condition Report:
There is overall light wear and scratching to the gilding, particularly around the chest and back. There is a small dent to the upper right hand shoulder. There is a very minor 0.3 cm stress crack to rim of the base on the back of the figure. The base is open.

中文內容僅供參考，請以英文原版為準。整體見極輕微磨損及劃痕，於胸部及背部尤爲明顯。右肩上方有一凹痕。底座背面最下方可見一約0.3公分長極輕微裂縫。無封底。

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Provenance:
Collection of D. E. Bower, London.

Sotheby’s London, 14th May 2008, lot 649.

倫敦， D. E. Bower 舊藏

倫敦蘇富比， 2008年5月14日， 編號649.