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A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
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8 000 - 10 000 SEK
714 - 893 EUR
725 - 906 USD
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A bronze sculpture of buddha as a child, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
The figure depicts Buddha as an infant, wearing a Chinese style apron. The left hand pointing to the heavens and his right pointing to the earth, the iconography refers to the moment when the newborn Buddha announced: 'This birth is in the condition of a Buddha; after this I have done with renewed birth: now only am I born this once, for the purpose of saving all the world.'. Height 17.5 cm.
Wear, holes. Fingers missing.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Purchased at Crafoord Auction in Lund, Sweden, from the Collection of Jan Bäckman (1953-2012).
Kirjallisuus
(Beal, 'Asvaghosa's Life of Buddha', in Sacred Books of the East, vol. XIX, Oxford, 1883, p. 226.) Reference for quote.