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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN INSCRIBED BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF BUDDHA
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED HUANGXING FIRST YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO AD 467 AND OF THE PERIOD
细节
AN INSCRIBED BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF BUDDHA
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED HUANGXING FIRST YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO AD 467 AND OF THE PERIOD
The standing figure of Buddha is depicted standing on a lotus base with his right hand raised in abhaya mudra, the left hand holding
the edge of his sleeve, backed by a petal-shaped aureole decorated with borders of flames. The bracket stand is incised with a partially legible inscription reading ‘Made on the eighteenth day eighth month first year of Huangxing (AD 467) by the follower Yao Jing’.
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED HUANGXING FIRST YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO AD 467 AND OF THE PERIOD
The standing figure of Buddha is depicted standing on a lotus base with his right hand raised in abhaya mudra, the left hand holding
the edge of his sleeve, backed by a petal-shaped aureole decorated with borders of flames. The bracket stand is incised with a partially legible inscription reading ‘Made on the eighteenth day eighth month first year of Huangxing (AD 467) by the follower Yao Jing’.
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
来源
Acquired in Hong Kong in 1996
荣誉呈献
Sibley Ngai