CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, CIRCA XVIIIEME SIECLE Il est représenté assis en rajalilasana sur un socle rocailleux. Son visage est appuyé sur ses mains posées sur son genou replié. Il est vêtu d'un simple pagne laissant sa poitrine décharnée découverte laissant voir sa colonne vertébrale et ses c?tes saillantes ; restaurations. Haut: 69 cm. (27 in.)
Galerie Gérard Lévy, Paris.
These ascetic Sakyamuni figures seated in similar posture, appeared during the Yuan dynasty and where very popular. The present figure depicts the Buddha Shakyamuni as an ascetic prior to his enlightenment. The Buddha underwent periods of extreme fasting, and the effect this privation had on his body is illustrated by the protruding ribs and spine of the kneeling figure. Compare this lot with a gilt-bronze seated figure of the ascetic Shakyamuni, sold at Christie's New York, 18 September 2014, lot 709.