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A GLASS-INLAID AND LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI AS AN ASCETIC, YUAN DYNASTY
奥地利
04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天1小时
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Expert's note: Buddha images shown with curly hair and a beard are most commonly associated with Yuan-dynasty portrayals of Shakyamuni. The present figure represents Buddha Shakyamuni during his ascetic fast beneath the Bodhi tree, where prolonged meditation culminated in his realization of the true nature of existence and the cessation of suffering. Depictions of the Buddha in this emaciated, ascetic guise became an established convention in Chinese art during the Yuan dynasty.As observed by Sherman Lee and Wai-kam Ho in Chinese Art under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) (1968, p. 124), the prototype for this imagery can be traced back at least to the Sixteen Arhats by Kuan-hsiu of the Five Dynasties period. Related visual sources also include ninth- and tenth-century Buddhist paintings of hermits, as well as representations of the ascetic figure Vasu from Dunhuang and Central Asia.China, 1279-1368. Buddha is seated with both hands resting on his bent left knee supporting his chin, dressed in loose robes draped over his thin frame. His face with a contemplative expression, large open eyes inlaid in black glass below bushy brows, flanked by pendulous earlobes, all above a prominent curly beard and mustache. The base covered in straw and plaster.Provenance: From a private collection in France. Condition: Good condition with expected ancient wear, weathering, signs of insect activity, flaking to the lacquer, remnants of gilt, small chips and losses, age cracks, the left foot with an old repair. Constructed from several separate components, some of which may have been replaced either in part or in their entirety over the course of the past half millennium, as is entirely consistent with this corpus of Yuan dynasty wooden sculpture. The various layers of lacquer may in part date to the time of creation and in part be of later application, again entirely typical for works of this kind. Overall with a beautiful, naturally grown patina.Weight: 4.5 kg Dimensions: Height 52.5 cmPrince Siddhartha Gautama renounced his position and wealth at the age of 29, leaving his home to seek enlightenment. He studied under Arada Kalama, gaining 'the attainment of nothingness,' and then became a student of the master Udraka Ramaputra, learning how to suppress his desires. However, neither addressed the problem of suffering, nor could satisfy him. So, the Buddha-to-be subjected himself to harsh ascetic discipline, austerity, and severe fasting, wishing to purify and expunge all worldly desires and defilements, transcending all attachment to the physical world. According to a popular version, seeing his condition, a milkmaid mistakes him for a tree spirit and offers him some milk rice, which he accepts. Feeling revived, he embraces the 'Middle Way' between extreme asceticism and materialist hedonism. He then goes on to the village of Bodh Gaya where he seats himself on a bed of grass beneath a Bodhi tree and vows to remain there until he understands the means of living without suffering, pursuing enlightenment, and finally achieving Buddhahood through it.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related smaller gilt-lacquered wood figure depicting the same subject, dated to the Yuan dynasty, 28 cm high, in the Princeton University Art Museum, object number y1972-16. Compare a closely related smaller gilt-lacquered wood figure depicting the same subject, dated late 13th-early 14th century, 29.8 cm high, in the Detroit Institute of Arts, accession number 29.172.

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