A fine gilt-bronze figure of Buddha


18th/19th centuryModelled seated in dhyanasana atop a double-lotus base, with serenely downcast eyes and elongated ears, the hair and ushnisha arranged in tight curls and supporting an ovoid jewel, the robe falling in thick folds from the shoulders, his hands held upward and overlapped with the index fingers raised and touching. 17.5cm (6 8/9in) high.
|十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金佛陀坐像Provenance:Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo, Rome, prior to 2 October 1947, by reputeMr Moriani, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, by reputeRaffaello Landini, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, circa 1950s, and thence by descent來源： 據傳於1947年10月2日前為羅馬Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo伯爵收藏據傳為意大利托斯卡尼Moriani先生舊藏於約1950年代為意大利托斯卡尼Raffaello Landini先生收藏，並由後人保存迄今According to the owner, the present lot, amongst other Chinese works of art, was sold to Raffaello Landini in the 1950s as part of Villa Vitiano and its furnishings, which previously belonged to Mr Moriani, who, in turn, had acquired the Chinese art collection from Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo in 1947 as part of a Rome apartment and its furnishings.The present lot is thought to be no. 23 in the inventory list of objects acquired by Mr. Moriani from Count Calvi di Bergolo.