California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 September 23, 2017  September 23, 2017

 Lot # 3127 
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BODHISATTVA    明 銅鎏金觀音坐像


  • Dimension: Height: 15 in (38.1 cm) Width: 9 7/8 in (25.1 cm)
  • Estimate From: $6000
  • Estimate To: $12000

The bodhisattva is shown with right hand raised, wearing dhoti falling in elegant folds, chest adorned with beaded necklace, face with serene expression, head topped with pointed crown. Ming Dynasty period.


菩薩結迦趺坐,頭戴寶冠;胸墜瓔珞,外披大衣,內著裙;面相飽滿,體態豐臃;雕刻精緻細微,鎏金明亮;手中持摩尼寶珠,頭部圓大,軀體短粗,整體形象穩重端正。明中期之後,造像造型漸趨頭大身長,體態豐臃,傳世品較多。而此尊觀音比例適中,身軀飽滿結實,線條簡潔流暢,豐腴而不虛,近人而不俗。像身胸、起伏和平簡的外衣形成對照,富有整體感。且通體鎏金,保存完好,製作工藝上乘,有別於多數泥金,漆金之器,是尊難得一見的明代漢傳佛教造像精品。
來源:紐約長島私人收藏 Provenance: Private Collection, Long Island, New York