A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA

拍品 1962

1962

THE PROPERTY OF A CHINESE GENTLEMAN

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA

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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

Seated in dhyanasana on a raised double-lotus base, an alms bowl in his left hand and the medicinal fruit held in his lowered right hand, wearing a lattice-work robe open at the chest with incised borders falling in elegant pleats at his ankles, his face with a benign expression centred by an urna, the tightly coiled hair rising over the usnisha and topped by a finial, richly gilt overall
8 1/8 in. (21.6 cm.) high, box

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The medicinal fruit has been identified as Terminalia chebula, commonly known as myrobalan or arura in Sanskrit, and is used in the ayurvedic system as an astringent, anti-inflammatory and to heal wounds and scalds.

The hand of the Medicine Buddha that holds the myrobalan fruit is extended over the right knee with the palm upward in a gesture of supreme generosity. In his left hand he holds the begging bowl. Whether the worshipper's sickness is caused by a physical ailment or by a lack of contentment, the Buddha offers two paths by which to overcome it.