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Lot 97

A CHINESE BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE OF SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA AND PRABHUTARATNA BUDDHA, NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED TO THE SECOND YEAR OF THE XIAOCHANG PERIOD (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 526)
It's cast as Sakyamuni Buddha and Prabhutaratna Buddha, depicted seated against a flame-shaped mandorla on a flange atop a splayed four-legged plinth, the reverse of the mandorla decorated with a seated figure of Buddha. The front and one side of the plinth incised with dedicatory inscription dated to the second year of Xiaochang reign (in accordance with 526). With a fitted Japanese wooden box.

Similar examples, see Sotheby's Hong Kong, Chinese Art Through The Eye Of Sakamoto Goro: Early Buddhist Bronzes, 5 October 2016, lot 146 and 3206.

北魏 孝昌二年(526年)銅造釋迦牟尼與多寶佛並坐供養像
鑄作釋迦牟尼佛與多寶佛並坐像,背倚火焰形背光,立於托板之上,下承外撇四足座,背光背面飾一尊坐佛像。座前及一側刻有供養題記,紀年為孝昌二年(相當於526年)。附日本舊配木盒。
可參考相類例,見香港蘇富比《Chinese Art Through The Eye Of Sakamoto Goro: Early Buddhist Bronzes》,2016年10月5日,拍品146及3206。
源流:
日本大阪重要私人收藏
11.6cm high

Estimate $10,000 - $20,000

Unsold

Overall in good condition.


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An important Japanese private collection, Osaka.

Important Chinese & Asian Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8815
11:00am - 14 June 2026
Hawthorn

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Thurs 11 - Sat 13 June, 11am - 5pm
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