A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA AMITABHA, MING DYNASTY China, 15^th-16^th century. Finely cast, standing atop a circular lotus base, his right hand lowered in abhaya mudra and the left holding an alms bowl, wearing a diaphanous robe opening at the chest to reveal an incised wan emblem, the hems neatly incised with foliate scroll. His serene face with heavy-lidded downcast eyes below gently arched eyebrows centered by an urna, flanked by long pendulous earlobes. The hair in tight curls surmounted by a domed ushnisha.

Provenance: From an old German private collection, assembled in Japan during the 1950s and 1960s, and thence by descent in the same family.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, small nicks, dents and losses, light scratches, casting flaws, remnants of ancient pigment.

Weight: 6.6 kg
Dimensions: Height 45.8 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a related parcel-gilt bronze figure of Buddha, 55.2 cm high, also dated to the Ming dynasty, at Sotheby’s London in The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma, 24 March 2021, lot 24, sold for GBP 30,240.

明代大型阿彌陀佛銅像
中國，十五至十六世紀。銅像頭綰螺髻，寬額面闊，細眉長目，眼瞼下垂，白毫像，雙耳垂肩，表情莊重。身材勻稱協調，身披袈裟，著長裙，伸右手結與愿印，跣足立於仰覆蓮座。

來源：德國私人老收藏，上世紀五十至六十年代購於日本，在同一家族保存至今。
品相：狀態極好，與年齡相稱。 磨損、小劃痕、凹痕和缺損、鑄造瑕疵、古代顏料殘留物。

重量：6.6 公斤
尺寸：高45.8 厘米

拍賣結果比較: 比較一件相近的明代局部鎏金銅佛想，高55.2厘米，見倫敦蘇富比The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma 2021年3月24日 lot 24, 售價GBP 30,240。