• Dimension: Height: 10 3/4 in (27.0 cm) Length: 7 7/8 in (20.0 cm) Width: 6 1/8 in (15.5 cm)
• Estimate From: $8000
• Estimate To: $15000

The medicine Buddha seated in dhyanasana on a beaded double lotus base, engraved on its upper surface with a Xuande reign mark, the right hand in bhumisparsa mudra, the left depicted holding a jar of medicine nectar, dressed in a dhoti with incised hems draped loosely over the body, face with serene expression. Ming Dynasty period.

Provenance: Property from a private collection, San Diego, California
藥師佛，全稱“藥師琉璃光如來”，又稱“藥師如來”。他能除生死之病，故名藥師；能照三有之暗，故名琉璃光。藥師佛是大乘佛教崇拜的重要對象，歷史上在漢藏佛教中都有重要的地位和影響。此尊造像頭部螺髪均勻密佈，頭頂肉髻高高隆起，髻頂安寶珠。大耳齊垂，耳輪清晰。面部圓潤，形似鵝卵，雙眉纖細，斜向兩側上挑，眉間飾圓形白毫，雙目睜視，象徵洞悉世間一切，鼻樑尖挺，嘴部小巧，下唇明顯厚實，整體看上去神情俊朗，而又不失佛教的莊嚴與神聖。身軀雄健，四肢優美，氣勢非凡。左手置雙膝上托藥鉢，右手作觸地印。下承雙層束腰蓮座，蓮座的上下邊緣均飾一週連珠紋，雙層蓮瓣寬大扁平。 “大明宣德年制”款識。整體造型完美、氣勢非凡，風格優雅、法相莊嚴，體量高大、品相一流。 來源：南加州聖地亞哥藏家收藏