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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHANCAI TONGZI (SUDHANA), MING DYNASTY
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2024年10月18日 开拍
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHANCAI TONGZI (SUDHANA), MING DYNASTY

China, 16th-17th century. Finely cast standing with his hands clasped together at the chest in anjali mudra, wearing loose-fitting robes tied at the waist and decorated with neatly incised foliate and geometric hems, a billowing shawl draped over his shoulders, the face with almond-shaped eye and smiling lips, the head surmounted by three tufts of hair.

Provenance: French private collection. The base with a collector’s number ‘21’.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, casting irregularities, light surface scratches, few nicks, small dents, minor losses, rubbing to gilt.

Weight: 443.3 g (excl. stand) and 510 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 14.7 cm (excl. stand) and 17.3 cm (incl. stand)

With an associated lacquered wood lotus base dating from the Qing dynasty. (2)

This charming figure of Sudhana, known as Shancai in Chinese, a young Indian boy who went on a pilgrimage seeking enlightenment and studying under 53 masters, was associated with the image of Guanyin from the mid-Ming dynasty. In visual representations of the Guanyin, the figure of Sudhana would appear next to the figure of Longnu, the Dragon King's daughter. These two youths are considered Guanyin's acolytes, and while there is no scriptural basis for this grouping, the two figures often appear together, Sudhana standing to the right of Guanyin, and the figure of Longnu on the left.

Literature comparison:
For a related gilt-bronze example of Sudhana, dated to the Qing dynasty, see Selected Gems of Cultural Relics - Newly Collected in the Palace Museum in the Last Fifty Years, Beijing, 2005, pp.130-131, no. 168.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christies New York, 25 March 2022, lot 772
Estimate: USD 6,000 or approx. EUR 6,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A small gilt-bronze figure of Longnu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject, modeling, manner of casting, and gilding. Note the much smaller size (9.5 cm).

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