16th Oct, 2021 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A MASSIVE LACQUER-GILT COPPER REPOUSSÉ ‘KARANA MUDRA’ HAND OF BUDDHA, MING TO EARLY QING
明至清初銅漆金施羯剌拏手印的佛手
Sold for €8,216
including Buyer's Premium
China, 15th-17th century. This gesture, also known as tarjani mudra, expels demons, and removes obstacles such as sickness or negative thoughts. It is performed by raising thumb, index and little finger, thereby folding the remaining fingers. The monumental hand skillfully rendered with slightly recessed fingernails, the joints indicated by gently curved lines.
Provenance: From a private collection in the United Kingdom.
Condition: Composed of several separately crafted parts joined together. Good condition commensurate with age, with old wear and manufacturing flaws, traces of later soldering, corrosion, old repairs and fills, minor nicks and light scratches.
Weight: 11.0 kg
Dimensions: Height 64 cm (excl. stand) and 80 cm (incl. stand)
Mounted to an associated metal stand. (2)
Expert’s note: Given the monumental size of the present lot, it must have once belonged to a statue of gigantic size, likely over 10 meters in height if seated and even larger if standing. Such statues, or fragments thereof, of similar age as the present lot are extremely rare. An interesting example, though modern, is the statue overlooking the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It took more than a year to cast, using a total of 1,800 tons of metal, and was completed in 2011. The statue itself measures 40 meters high.
Literature comparison: Compare a gilt and painted limestone hand of Buddha, of slightly smaller size (52.1 cm high) and dated to the Northern Qi dynasty, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 30.81.
Auction result comparison: Compare a related but much smaller gilt-bronze fragment of Buddha’s hand, dated 15th-16th century, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Curiosity V on 1 April 2019, lot 3095, sold for HKD 150,000.
明至清初銅漆金施羯剌拏手印的佛手
中國，十五至十七世紀。這個手印也被稱為tarjani手印，可以驅逐惡魔，消除疾病或消極思想。它是通過抬起拇指、食指和小指來完成的，其餘手指微微彎曲。佛手指甲略微凹陷，輕輕彎曲的線條表示關節。
來源：英國私人收藏
品相：由幾個單獨製作的部件連接在一起。與年齡相稱，狀況良好，磨損和製造缺陷，後期焊接痕跡，腐蝕和舊時維修，有填充物，輕微劃痕和刻痕。
重量：11.0 公斤
尺寸：高 64 厘米 (不含底座)，縂80 厘米
金屬支架 (2)
專家注釋：考慮到現在這佛手的尺寸，它一定曾經屬於一尊巨大的造像，坐著可能有十多米高，站著可能更大，這極為罕見。高雄佛光山佛像博物館的一座造像雖然是現代產物，但是它可以俯瞰台灣，鑄造歷時一年多，共使用金屬1800噸，於2011年完工。雕像本身高40米。
拍賣結果比較：一件相近但稍小的銅鎏金佛手，十五至十六世紀，見香港蘇富比Curiosity V 2019年4月1日 lot 3095, 售價HKD 150,000。
China, 15th-17th century. This gesture, also known as tarjani mudra, expels demons, and removes obstacles such as sickness or negative thoughts. It is performed by raising thumb, index and little finger, thereby folding the remaining fingers. The monumental hand skillfully rendered with slightly recessed fingernails, the joints indicated by gently curved lines.
Provenance: From a private collection in the United Kingdom.
Condition: Composed of several separately crafted parts joined together. Good condition commensurate with age, with old wear and manufacturing flaws, traces of later soldering, corrosion, old repairs and fills, minor nicks and light scratches.
Weight: 11.0 kg
Dimensions: Height 64 cm (excl. stand) and 80 cm (incl. stand)
Mounted to an associated metal stand. (2)
Expert’s note: Given the monumental size of the present lot, it must have once belonged to a statue of gigantic size, likely over 10 meters in height if seated and even larger if standing. Such statues, or fragments thereof, of similar age as the present lot are extremely rare. An interesting example, though modern, is the statue overlooking the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It took more than a year to cast, using a total of 1,800 tons of metal, and was completed in 2011. The statue itself measures 40 meters high.
Literature comparison: Compare a gilt and painted limestone hand of Buddha, of slightly smaller size (52.1 cm high) and dated to the Northern Qi dynasty, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 30.81.
Auction result comparison: Compare a related but much smaller gilt-bronze fragment of Buddha’s hand, dated 15th-16th century, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Curiosity V on 1 April 2019, lot 3095, sold for HKD 150,000.
明至清初銅漆金施羯剌拏手印的佛手
中國，十五至十七世紀。這個手印也被稱為tarjani手印，可以驅逐惡魔，消除疾病或消極思想。它是通過抬起拇指、食指和小指來完成的，其餘手指微微彎曲。佛手指甲略微凹陷，輕輕彎曲的線條表示關節。
來源：英國私人收藏
品相：由幾個單獨製作的部件連接在一起。與年齡相稱，狀況良好，磨損和製造缺陷，後期焊接痕跡，腐蝕和舊時維修，有填充物，輕微劃痕和刻痕。
重量：11.0 公斤
尺寸：高 64 厘米 (不含底座)，縂80 厘米
金屬支架 (2)
專家注釋：考慮到現在這佛手的尺寸，它一定曾經屬於一尊巨大的造像，坐著可能有十多米高，站著可能更大，這極為罕見。高雄佛光山佛像博物館的一座造像雖然是現代產物，但是它可以俯瞰台灣，鑄造歷時一年多，共使用金屬1800噸，於2011年完工。雕像本身高40米。
拍賣結果比較：一件相近但稍小的銅鎏金佛手，十五至十六世紀，見香港蘇富比Curiosity V 2019年4月1日 lot 3095, 售價HKD 150,000。
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