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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FORM OF BUDAI AS MAITREYA, INSCRIBED AND LACQUERED BRONZE, DATED 1513
奥地利
2025年10月16日 开拍
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Expert's note: The inscription to the back of the base identifies the deity as Maitreya, although figures of this type are more commonly known as Budai, a nickname given to the historical Chinese monk Qieci in the Later Liang dynasty. A recovered death note dated to 28 March 917, which the monk himself wrote, claims that he is an incarnation of Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, and he is often identified with and venerated as Maitreya in Chan Buddhism and Buddhist scripture.China. Heavily cast, the laughing Buddha seated in rajalilasana atop a blue-painted lotus pedestal with three tiers of overlapping petals. His right hand rests on his knee in a lowered karana mudra while holding a strand of prayer beads, and his left hand holds a scepter. He is clad in loose-fitting monastic garments that fall from the shoulders and open at the chest, revealing his rotund belly. The plump face displaying a jovial expression with the mouth open in a cheerful laugh.Inscriptions: To the back of the base, dated 'In the fifth month of the eighth year of the Zhengde era (1513) […]', and inscribed 'A golden statue of Maitreya was created to worship him', and 'the lay follower and devout man Zhao Zhongliang'.Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. émile Robin, thence by descent. Dr. émile Robin (1884-1971) was a prominent figure in the medical corps of the French Navy in the early 20th century. Born in Lorient, he was the son of Joseph Victor émile Robin, Chief Commissioner of the Navy. émile joined the Navy in 1905 as a third-class doctor. In 1908, he was assigned to the administrative center of Tientsin (Tianjin), and the following year he was appointed professor at the city's School of Medicine. He remained in service in Tientsin until 1914, rising through the ranks to become a first-class doctor. A Knight of the Legion of Honor, he continued his career aboard the Ceylan in 1915 and later at the Maritime Hospital in Brest during the First World War. In 1921, he was seconded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and promoted to Senior Physician in 1923.Condition: Good condition with expected ancient wear and casting irregularities typical of the period, minuscule nicks, few light dents. Extensive losses to polychromies and lacquer gilding, the latter well-preserved to the back with few remnants elsewhere. Remnants of old varnish.Weight: 4,354 gDimensions: Height 24.2 cmLiterature comparison:Compare a closely related gilt-bronze figure of Budai, China, 23 cm high, in the Linden-Museum Stuttgart, inventory number 071894.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's Paris, 13 June 2007, lot 79 Price: EUR 38,400 or approx. EUR 56,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A bronze figure Budai, Ming dynasty, 17th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject as well as the related modeling and manner of casting with similar pose, polychrome lacquer, and lotus base composed of overlapping tiers. Note the different size (41.3 cm).

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