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国内拍卖首页 > Old Collection > April 2016 Collection of Chinese and other World Arts and Antiques > Lot 41
Genuine Antique Chinese iron cast Buddha bust, Qing dyn
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2016年04月22日 开拍
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Genuine Antique Chinese iron cast Buddha bust, Qing dynasty or earlier A Chinese Buddha Head in Cast Iron, the serene face with full lips, half closed eyes, and urna to the forehead, the hair and ushnisha tightly curled, the figure on carved wood stand, with old cracks to the right side of the head and ear. Height: 9 3/8 in. = 23 cm; Base: 9 1/4 in. x 4 in. = 23.5 x 11 cm; Height with wooden stand: 11 in. = 28 cm; Wooden stand: 11 x 7 x 2 in. = 29 x 17 x 4 cm. Weight of the iron Buddha bust: 10 lb. = 4.5 kg; Weight of the stand: 1 lb 3 oz. = 520 g; Total weight Buddha + stand: 11 lb. = 5 kg; Provenance: From a Prominent Atlanta Collection. The ushnisha (Sanskrit, n., , IAST: ua) is a three dimensional oval at the top of the head of the Buddha. It symbolizes his attainment of reliance in the spiritual guide. This protuberance is not the topknot for Prince Siddhartha Gautama cut off his topknot upon leaving the city of Lumbini and crossing the river. The topknot is only worn by the Hindu royalty. Once Prince Siddhartha cut it off he renounced his royal heritage. * "The true Buddha head is bare, covered only with ringlets of hair (plate 560) and surmounted by a peculiar swelling, the "usnia", which is one of the thirty two traditional "great marks" (Maha-Laksana) of the Buddhist superman-savior. Sometimes on the Usnia there is represented a small image of the transcendent Spiritual Buddha from whom the historical savior is an emanation: the supramundane source whence his phenomenal appearance proceeds. But never does the Buddha wear a kingly crown" page 67 (The Art of Indian Asia vol 1. Zimmerman). "The Bodhisattva, it will be remembered, departed from his palace, cross the border-river of his father's Kingdom, and on it's bank severed, with a single stroke of his sword, the tuft of his hair, saying "If it is destined to me to become a Buddha, may my hair and head-cloth remain hanging in the air; if not, let them fall to the ground". A God caught both, transported them to the heaven of the Trayastrimsat Gods, and there a Chaitya-Cudamani was constructed". page 233.The ushnisha was not described initially in the Physical characteristics of the Buddha spelled out by the Buddhist canon. Rather, there are several mentions about a topknot:"His topknot is like a crown." (Secondary characteristics, No 53)"He has a topknot as if crowned with a flower garland." (Secondary characteristics, No 80)The first representations of the Buddha in the 1st century CE in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara also represent him with a topknot, rather than just a cranial knob. It is thought that the interpretation of the ushnisha as a supernatural cranial protuberance happened at a later date, as the representation of the topknot became more symbolized and its original meaning was lost (Mario Bussagli, "L'art du Gandhara").
Condition Several cracks in the occipital region of the head

Low Estimate: 5000.0;
High Estimate: 15000.0;
Original: Yes;
Circa: 1600;

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