$13,860
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Auction: October 14, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
Finely-executed, the figure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus pedestal and holding his right hand in dhyana mudra. The eyes are cast downwards, below a hollow for an inlaid urna and the patchwork robe is incised with lotus and foliate scroll in the borders, unsealed.
H: 5 in.Collection of Hugo Musterberg, New Paltz, New York, by 1967
Property from the collection of James Alfe (1948-2003)
Thence by descent
PUBLISHED: Hugo Musterberg, "Chinese Buddhist Bronzes", New York, 1988 (reprint), #18a-b (p.30), as Ming dynasty
NOTE: Compare a slightly larger (6 3/4 in.) figure of a seated Buddha Shakyamuni, dated to the 17th century, illustrated by the Chang Foundation, "Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal", Taipei, 1993, p. 38, no 12.