A GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF UDHYANA BUDDHA Ming Dynasty (2)

A GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF UDHYANA BUDDHA Ming Dynasty The standing figure dressed in all-enveloping, elaborately pleated robes, with the right hand in abhaya mudra, the left hand in varada mudra, the head crowned by an elaborate hair arrangement with pleated strands and a high chignon, the face with a benevolent expression flanked by two elongated earlobes, with display stand and box. 18cm (7 1/8in) high. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明 銅鎏金旃檀佛 Provenance: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London 來源： 倫敦古董商 Ben Janssens Oriental Art Published, Exhibited and Illustrated: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, TEFAF 2011, London, 2011, pp.80-81. Ben Janssens Oriental Art, Chinese Metalwork, London, 2015, pp.50-51, no.23 展覽著錄： Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《TEFAF 2011》，倫敦，2011年，第80-81頁 Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《Chinese Metalwork》，倫敦，2015年，第50-51頁，編號23 This style of Buddha, characterized by a heavy yet tightly fitting robe that falls in abstract concentric folds, is commonly known as the 'Udhyana type.' The name derives from the famous legend of the first Buddha image of a sandalwood figure commissioned by King Udhyana in India during the Buddha's lifetime. A copy was brought to China by Kumārajīva 鳩摩羅什 in 405 CE. The feature of the rounded collar of the present lot is commonly presented in the Qing dynasty Udhyana Buddha. See a related gilt-bronze figure of Udhyana Buddha, 14th century, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (acc. no. 59.5). Compare with a related Udhyana type gilt copper alloy figure of Buddha, 18th century, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 17 September 2014, lot 57. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing