Sale 5411
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$10,000 – $15,000
Finely carved, the Buddha portrayed with a peaceful expression, seated in padmasana, his hands in dharmachakra teaching mudra, attired in gracefully pleated robes, remnants of a circular nimbus behind his head, all on a flared base partially contained in the modern hardwood stand
H: 20 1/2 in. (sight); H: 34 in. (stand)PROVENANCE:
Ambassador David Morgan Bane, likely acquired between 1961 and 1964, when Ambassador Bane served as consul general in Lahore, Pakistan
Thence by descent
NOTE: Compare the closely related figure of the Teaching Buddha seated, of similar scale, and with similarly carved draped robes, sold at Christie's, New York, March 18, 2015, lot 4005 where it is noted that the draped robes are similar to an example in the British Museum, illustrated in W. Zwalf, "A Catalogue of Ghandhara Sculpture in the British Museum", 1996, pp. 87-88, fig. 24; compare also the larger 32" example, sold at Christie's, New York, March 14, 2013, lot 202.
來源:
David Morgan Bane大使,可能入藏於1961至1964之間,期間任職於巴基斯坦Lahore總領事
家族後人傳承
註:
對比一件相似尺寸題材佛陀坐像,衣袖雕刻相類,售出於紐約佳士得,2015年3月18日,拍品4005;圖錄中寫到該下垂衣袍與大英博物館中一例相似,該例著錄於W. Zwalf著作 "A Catalogue of Ghandhara Sculpture in the British Museum",1996年,頁87-88,圖24;對比一例32英吋略高塑像,售出於紐約佳士得,2013年,3月14日,拍品202.
Not removed from pedestal, so lower portion of carving and back not seem; Traces of encrustation and soiling, losses to nimbus, chips and losses to thumb and index finger of upper hand, chips and losses to exposed toes, losses to drapery at spreading base, fissure to stone into and under right knee, some scattered chips and small losses to folds of drapery, one ear with loss to lobe, other with loss to top of ear; wear and uneven fading to wood base; wood backing with remnants of old adhesive to lower portion
Images may also be found via the link below (added as completed)
https://asian.smugmug.com/Freemans-Asian-Art-1803
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