Fire-gilded Bronze. China, style of the Sui to Tang Period
Buddha Shijiamouni is standing in the center in front of a tall, flaming nimbus, one hand in the gesture of abhaya (encouragement), the lowered hand in in varada (wish fulfillment). He is flanked by two bodhisattvas, Chines. pusa, also standing before the little firey nimbus. The group is depicted on a, for this style typical, table-like base with four diagonally-placed, angular legs.
HEIGHT 11,1 CM
From the collection of Jürgen L. Fischer, Ascona, Switzerland
Jürgen L. Fischer was one of the major European collectors of Chinese art. The extensive size of the collection largely owes to the family’s fortune from the invention of the world-famous “Uhu Alleskleber ” in 1932 (the first synthetic resin glue world-wide) by grandfather August Fischer. Jürgen L. Fischer, who lived until 2013, was an avid collector of Chinese porcelain in an astonishing wide variety, in every size and from every time period. Jürgen Fischer passed on his comprehensive knowledge in numerous specialist books – among others, his large and very instructive book about the art of Chinese snuffbottles and also an antiquarian’s guide to Chinese art.