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Bronze Figure of Buddha Maitreya with Flaming Mandorla, 6th C.

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:20,000.00 EUR Estimated At:32,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR
Bronze Figure of Buddha Maitreya with Flaming Mandorla, 6th C.
Bronze with green patina
Fragments of a former gilding
China, Northern Qi Dynasty, 6th century
Figure of a standing, barefoot Buddha
On a bell-shaped base with ornamental border
Soft, richly pleated robe
The right hand performs the abaya mudra, the gesture of fearlessness
The left hand with the varada mudra, the gesture of granting wishes
Behind the figure a large flaming mandorla is visible
Two flanking worshipers in relief and a crowned Amitayus on top
With a double nimbus behind the head of the Buddha
Verso with extensive inscription, dat. 'Wuping er nian' (2nd year in the reign Wuping) = 571
The inscription mentions the donor of the figure, WU Zifeng (?????????????????)
Literature: Leidy/Strahan (Hg.), Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2010, p. 12-15.
Height: 23 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Private collection, Germany

The style of this piece is clearly influenced by works from the Northern Wei dynasty. A comparable statue of Buddha Maitreya and a figure of a Bodhisattva in front of a mandorla can be found in Chung Tai Museum in Taiwan. A work as a triad with flaming mandorla can be found in the British Museum (accession no. 1910,0616.1). A bronze as Guanyin group is visible in the Freer Sackler Collection, The Smithsonian's Museum of Asian Art (accession no. F1911.122). Compare the representation of a seated Buddha with flaming mandorla and wide folds at the Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (accession no. 96.016; see SU Bai, Buddha Images of the Northern Plain, 4th-6th Century, in: China. Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD, New York 2004, p. 79).



Condition: The bronze figure is in good condition with slight signs of age and wear. The height measures 23 cm.




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