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Property from the collection of Dr. Carroll Brown Malone, acquired in China in the 1920s
Lot 7083

A gilt bronze figure of the Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva seated on a lotus throne
Ming dynasty

Fine Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A gilt bronze figure of the Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva seated on a lotus throne

Ming dynasty
His hands held in vitarka and varadamudra as he sits in a meditative pose, dressed in a crown and princely jewelry but clothed in the garments of a monk, his undergarment held in place by a bow-tied sash and the outer garment trimmed with a lotus pattern band, the trailing ends of both falling to the front and sides of the separately cast lotus flower support and hexagonal base with reticulated balustrade.
13 3/4in (35cm) height overall

Footnotes

Often portrayed in a trinity with the Amitabha Buddha and the Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Ch: Guanyin), Mahasthamaprapta (Ch: Dashizhi pusa) is typically portrayed in a likeness similar to Guanyin, but with a kalasha rather than a Buddha in his crown. See the slightly larger gilt bronze figure of Mahasthamaprapta with his hands held in the same mudras as this lot and a kalasha plainly visible in his crown, sold in Bonhams, San Francisco, sale 18888, 21 June 2011, lot 8186.

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