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Buddhist Sculpture
Property from the collection of Dr. Carroll Brown Malone, acquired in China in the 1920s
Property from the collection of Dr. Carroll Brown Malone, acquired in China in the 1920s
Lot 7084
A cast bronze stand for a Buddha assembly Xuande mark, mid-Qing dynasty elements
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoUS$4,000 - US$6,000
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A cast bronze stand for a Buddha assembly
Xuande mark, mid-Qing dynasty elements
The five elaborate pedestals each crisply cast in three layers of lotus petals among vine tendrils and held in an arching single line by curving braces attached to a central vertical shaft all covered in additional applied lithe tendril motifs and extending upwards from a tapered ring of stylized Mount Meru patterns issuing from a sturdy base cast as a tasseled bombé vase atop a tiered base bearing the four-character mark to the underside.
12in (30.5cm) high
The five elaborate pedestals each crisply cast in three layers of lotus petals among vine tendrils and held in an arching single line by curving braces attached to a central vertical shaft all covered in additional applied lithe tendril motifs and extending upwards from a tapered ring of stylized Mount Meru patterns issuing from a sturdy base cast as a tasseled bombé vase atop a tiered base bearing the four-character mark to the underside.
12in (30.5cm) high
Footnotes
In Gugong Bowuyuan Zang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji 60: Zang chuan fo jiao zao xiang (The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 60: Buddhist Statues of Tibet), 2008, there are two similar edifices, both supporting a specific Buddhist assembly. Called 'the Shakyamuni who Delivers from the King of the Hungry Ghosts (Ch: Jiudu Yankou Shijiamouni Fo Zuoxiang)', these pieces were used in the daily practice of those training in the esoteric tradition, as well as for funerals or other important rituals that necessitated the appeasement of pretas or Hungry Ghosts.
Both the Qianlong era example (no. 232) and its 10th century Kashmiri prototype (no. 22) featured a similar set of five lotus thrones blooming from a central shaft. In these pieces, the central position was occupied by Shakyamuni, surrounded on either side by two additional unidentified Buddhas with the Maitreya and Avalokiteshvara bodhisattvas at either far end. Not only are these five deities missing from the current lot, but numerous other iconographic elements appear to be missing or changed, indicating likely significant alteration during the piece's transformation into its current incarnation as an elegant five-light candelabra.