北魏太和十九年（495年） 銅鎏金佛坐像 《太和十九年十二月十八日》款

cast seated in dhyanasana with arms folded in dhyanamudra, the robes falling into neat pleats, the face with a meditative expression and the hair piled up into a high chignon, all supported on a stepped plinth raised on four feet, the reverse with an inscription dated nineteenth year of Taihe (corresponding to 495), wood stand and Japanese wood box

《特別展示 六朝時代の金銅仏》，和泉市久保惣記念美術館，大阪，1991年，編號13

The figure is in good condition with the exception of a 1mm., diam., hole to the side of the head and two further tiny holes possibly original to casting, and scratches and rubbing to the gilded decoration.
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北魏太和年間，佛像製作興盛，尤以小巧易攜之品為甚，此像即為其中佳例。相類造像，見一跏趺坐釋迦如來像，錄於松原三郎，《中国仏敎彫刻史論》，東京，1995年，卷1，圖版66，編號b。大阪市立美術館現藏一例，並作背光，錄於《六朝の美術》，東京，1976年，圖版279。

此外尚可參考兩南朝（公元420-589年）作例，其一紀年太延三年（公元437年），出自端方收藏；其二紀年太和十八年（公元494年），錄於Osvald Sirén《Chinese Sculpture》，紐約，[1925] 1970年，卷2，圖版16a及16c。