GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF INFANT BUDDHA.

Ming Period (1368-1644), China. Standing image of the infant Buddha in dragon embroidered robe. Sotheby’s, New York, Sept. 22, 2004 Lot 46, described as follows: The divine child standing with both index fingers on long arms pointing in opposing directions towards Heaven and Earth, naked but for an apron cast with a large writing dragon chasing a ‘flaming’ pearl, secured above his large rump by tied ribbons, his large bald head set with wide open eyes and impish smile. Notes: Depictions of Sakyamuni as a child, pointing to the sky with his left index finger and to the ground with his right, do not yet show the usnisa, the protruberance of the skull, which is perhaps the most important of the thirty-two outward signs of a Buddha, since this is considered the one that was acquired last. A similar figure wearing a flower-decorated apron in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, is illustrated in Ren?Yvon Lefebvre d’Argenc? Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1974, pl.185, where the textual origin of the iconography, related to the first Seven Steps of Buddha Sakyamuni, is discussed. SIZE: 9″ h. PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s New York, Sept. 22, 2004 Lot 46. CONDITION: Rubbing to the gilt. 9-95100 (8,000-12,000) – Lot 260

Auction: FAAA - Wall-Apelt Collection - March 2015

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	260	$13,627.50	GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF INFANT BUDDHA. Ming Period (1368-1644), China. Standing image of the infant Buddha in dragon embroidered robe. Sotheby’s, New York, Sept. 22, 2004 Lot 46, described as follows: The divine child standing with both index fingers on long arms pointing in opposing directions towards Heaven and Earth, naked but for an apron cast with a large writing dragon chasing a ‘flaming’ pearl, secured above his large rump by tied ribbons, his large bald head set with wide open eyes and impish smile. Notes: Depictions of Sakyamuni as a child, pointing to the sky with his left index finger and to the ground with his right, do not yet show the usnisa, the protruberance of the skull, which is perhaps the most important of the thirty-two outward signs of a Buddha, since this is considered the one that was acquired last. A similar figure wearing a flower-decorated apron in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, is illustrated in Ren?Yvon Lefebvre d’Argenc? Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1974, pl.185, where the textual origin of the iconography, related to the first Seven Steps of Buddha Sakyamuni, is discussed. SIZE: 9″ h. PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s New York, Sept. 22, 2004 Lot 46. CONDITION: Rubbing to the gilt. 9-95100 (8,000-12,000) – Lot 260 Auction: FAAA - Wall-Apelt Collection - March 2015 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF INFANT BUDDHA.