
Object Details
Catalogue Note
Height: 46 cm
Weight: approx. 8.9 kg
Material: Bronze with surviving gilding
Dating: Not securely established; further specialist study required
Origin: China
Style: Yongle-inspired
Mark: Integral six-character Yongle-style mark
A large Chinese Buddhist bronze modelled in the celebrated Yongle-period idiom.
Dating and Mark
The mark and technical observations are significant, but they are not sufficient on their own to establish manufacture during the Yongle reign of 1402–1424. Until supported by independent specialist attribution and strong provenance, the sculpture is described as Yongle-style rather than imperial Yongle-period.
Condition
Older condition with patina, gilt wear, oxidation and age-related surface variation.