PRINTPROVENANCE: Important Private Collection, Taipei
LITERATURE: Shuangqing Yearbook 2015, Hung's Arts Foundation,Taipei, P.84-87 Buddhism originated from India, and due to the different routes of Indian Buddhism and its images were imported into China, three schools were formed, namely Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Theravada (Buddhism spreaded to the South Asia). Buddhism was first introduced to China and was promoted by the ruling class. Buddhism architecture and grotto statues appeared, and Buddhist sculptures had spread all over China. In today's society, Buddhist sculptures are not only a symbol of Buddhism, but also an object of artistic appreciation. The sculptures of three different schools in China can be said to have the same source and different streams. After two thousand years of gradual evolution, they have formed their own unique features and have remarkable characteristics.
In the early days of the Han Dynasty, the Buddhist sculptures of the northwestern India were formed in Liangzhou through the Western Region (Central Asia and present Xinjiang). After entering the 6th Century, they gradually developed into a Chinese style. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, foreign influences became thinner.
This lot depicts the Buddha seated in dhyanasana with hands in dhyanamudra , wearing a robe draped over the left shoulder, the serene face with downcast eyes and a meditative expression, flanked by a pair of long pendulous ears, the head and domed ushnisha covered with tight curls and surmounted by an ovoid jewel, all supported on a double lotus pedestal with beaded edges.
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni (i.e. "Sage of the Shakyas") Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was a monk, mendicant, and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the northeastern part of ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th Centuries BC.
Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism. He is believed by Buddhists to be an enlightened teacher who attained full Buddhahood and shared his insights to help sentient beings end rebirth and suffering. Accounts of his life, discourses and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarised after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition and first committed to writing about 400 years later.
Buddhism originated from India, and due to the different routes of Indian Buddhism and its images were imported into China, three schools were formed, namely Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Theravada (Buddhism spreaded to the South Asia). Buddhism was first introduced to China and was promoted by the ruling class. Buddhism architecture and grotto statues appeared, and Buddhist sculptures had spread all over China. In today's society, Buddhist sculptures are not only a symbol of Buddhism, but also an object of artistic appreciation. The sculptures of three different schools in China can be said to have the same source and different streams. After two thousand years of gradual evolution, they have formed their own unique features and have remarkable characteristics.
In the early days of the Han Dynasty, the Buddhist sculptures of the northwestern India were formed in Liangzhou through the Western Region (Central Asia and present Xinjiang). After entering the 6th Century, they gradually developed into a Chinese style. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, foreign influences became thinner.
This lot depicts the Buddha seated in dhyanasana with hands in dhyanamudra , wearing a robe draped over the left shoulder, the serene face with downcast eyes and a meditative expression, flanked by a pair of long pendulous ears, the head and domed ushnisha covered with tight curls and surmounted by an ovoid jewel, all supported on a double lotus pedestal with beaded edges.
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni (i.e. "Sage of the Shakyas") Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was a monk, mendicant, and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the northeastern part of ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th Centuries BC.
Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism. He is believed by Buddhists to be an enlightened teacher who attained full Buddhahood and shared his insights to help sentient beings end rebirth and suffering. Accounts of his life, discourses and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarised after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition and first committed to writing about 400 years later.
PROVENANCE: Important Private Collection, Taipei
LITERATURE: Shuangqing Yearbook 2015, Hung's Arts Foundation,Taipei, P.84-87
LITERATURE: Shuangqing Yearbook 2015, Hung's Arts Foundation,Taipei, P.84-87 Buddhism originated from India, and due to the different routes of Indian Buddhism and its images were imported into China, three schools were formed, namely Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Theravada (Buddhism spreaded to the South Asia). Buddhism was first introduced to China and was promoted by the ruling class. Buddhism architecture and grotto statues appeared, and Buddhist sculptures had spread all over China. In today's society, Buddhist sculptures are not only a symbol of Buddhism, but also an object of artistic appreciation. The sculptures of three different schools in China can be said to have the same source and different streams. After two thousand years of gradual evolution, they have formed their own unique features and have remarkable characteristics.
In the early days of the Han Dynasty, the Buddhist sculptures of the northwestern India were formed in Liangzhou through the Western Region (Central Asia and present Xinjiang). After entering the 6th Century, they gradually developed into a Chinese style. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, foreign influences became thinner.
This lot depicts the Buddha seated in dhyanasana with hands in dhyanamudra , wearing a robe draped over the left shoulder, the serene face with downcast eyes and a meditative expression, flanked by a pair of long pendulous ears, the head and domed ushnisha covered with tight curls and surmounted by an ovoid jewel, all supported on a double lotus pedestal with beaded edges.
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni (i.e. "Sage of the Shakyas") Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was a monk, mendicant, and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the northeastern part of ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th Centuries BC.
Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism. He is believed by Buddhists to be an enlightened teacher who attained full Buddhahood and shared his insights to help sentient beings end rebirth and suffering. Accounts of his life, discourses and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarised after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition and first committed to writing about 400 years later.
Buddhism originated from India, and due to the different routes of Indian Buddhism and its images were imported into China, three schools were formed, namely Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Theravada (Buddhism spreaded to the South Asia). Buddhism was first introduced to China and was promoted by the ruling class. Buddhism architecture and grotto statues appeared, and Buddhist sculptures had spread all over China. In today's society, Buddhist sculptures are not only a symbol of Buddhism, but also an object of artistic appreciation. The sculptures of three different schools in China can be said to have the same source and different streams. After two thousand years of gradual evolution, they have formed their own unique features and have remarkable characteristics.
In the early days of the Han Dynasty, the Buddhist sculptures of the northwestern India were formed in Liangzhou through the Western Region (Central Asia and present Xinjiang). After entering the 6th Century, they gradually developed into a Chinese style. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, foreign influences became thinner.
This lot depicts the Buddha seated in dhyanasana with hands in dhyanamudra , wearing a robe draped over the left shoulder, the serene face with downcast eyes and a meditative expression, flanked by a pair of long pendulous ears, the head and domed ushnisha covered with tight curls and surmounted by an ovoid jewel, all supported on a double lotus pedestal with beaded edges.
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni (i.e. "Sage of the Shakyas") Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was a monk, mendicant, and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the northeastern part of ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th Centuries BC.
Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism. He is believed by Buddhists to be an enlightened teacher who attained full Buddhahood and shared his insights to help sentient beings end rebirth and suffering. Accounts of his life, discourses and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarised after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition and first committed to writing about 400 years later.
PROVENANCE: Important Private Collection, Taipei
LITERATURE: Shuangqing Yearbook 2015, Hung's Arts Foundation,Taipei, P.84-87