• Dimension: Height: 12 in (30.5 cm) Length: 12 in (30.5 cm) Width: 9 in (22.9 cm)
• Estimate From: $4000
• Estimate To: $8000

Well cast, the smiling budai bodhisattva is shown seated while holding a sack in his left hand and prayer beads in his right, dressed in loose robes, with chest, stomach and left shoulder exposed. With wood stand. Ming Dynasty period.

Compare a similar sized bronze maitreya figure, sold in Sotheby's New York March 2014 for 34,375 USD, Lot 261 Provenance: Property from a private collection, Orange County, California, previously in the collection of Bowers Museum by repute.
彌勒佛，又稱大肚彌勒佛、布袋和尚，為漢傳佛教造像常見的一種，在中原地區流傳甚廣，為慈悲福分之象徵。其造象形象是依照五代時期僧人契此的形象塑造。宋代以後，這一形象在漢傳佛教中逐漸廣為人熟知。此尊彌勒佛坐像，右手持念珠搭於右膝之上，左手握一布袋，結遊戲姿坐於圓形台座之上，神態悠閒。慈眉善目，笑容可掬，大肚袒腹，笑口常開，形象刻劃生動寫實，將其逍遙自在、大肚能容的形象表現得極為到位。此尊造像最為特別之處是其衣紋的處理，採用了漢地寫實的傳統表現手法，衣褶刻畫生動，自然流暢，極具質感。整體青銅鑄造，體型較大，製作工藝精巧，形象刻劃生動傳神，尤其是衣褶處理具有較強的藝術效果，為明代中原造像的經典之作。可参考一類似大小銅彌勒佛像 售于紐約蘇富比2014年3月 拍品號261 落槌價34,375 USD

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