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3203A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED 4TH YEAR OF THE HUANGXING PERIOD (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 470)LOT SOLD.11,480,000HKD -
3218A RARE GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA
TANG DYNASTYLOT SOLD.7,880,000HKD -
3215AN EXTREMELY RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA
NORTHERN QI DYNASTYLOT SOLD.5,120,000HKD -
3212A GILT-BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI
EASTERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED TO THE SECOND YEAR OF WUDING PERIOD (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 544)LOT SOLD.5,120,000HKD -
3210A RARE GILT-BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE OF SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTYLOT SOLD.4,040,000HKD
Overview
AUCTION RESULTS
Six sales of Chinese Works of Art totalled HK$603 million/US$77.2 million. Top lot was the highly important Imperial khotan-green jade seal ‘Treasure of the Emperor Supreme’ which achieved HK$91.5 million/US$11.7 million. The Imperial inscribed documentary wutong qin sold for HK$55.6 million/US$7.2 million, setting a world auction record for a Qing dynasty musical instrument. The Chinese Art Through the Eye of Sakamoto Gorō: Early Buddhist Bronzes achieved a white glove sale fetching HK$50.4 million/US$6.5 million, over six times the estimate.
Sale total: HK$50,410,000/US$6,499,361
AUCTION DETAILS
The twenty-two bronze votive figures in this outstanding collection, assembled over the past sixty years by the legendaryJapanese dealer Sakamoto Gorō, are not only of sublime beauty, but also of great importance in documenting the transmission of Buddhism into China from the 4th century onwards. Revered and treasured in Japan, this carefully preserved group includes several with documentary inscriptions, including the famous large gilt-bronze figure of Padmapani from the Northern Wei dynasty, dated to 470, extensively exhibited and published in Japan since 1960.
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