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Subject:chinese bronze
Posted By: bekkers Wed, Apr 02, 2008 IP: 85.27.33.229
hello from belgium .
i bought this piece in a sale 10 years ago,it is impossible for me to read the text below ,could someone please help me and tell me a little more about it .it is 12,5 inches high and there is a little piece missing between the hands of the buddha, in advance thank you ,sincerely peter.







Subject:Re: chinese bronze
Posted By: Gert Thu, Apr 03, 2008
No doubt about it:It is an authentic chien-lung period (18th century) chinese bronze of Amitayus and belongs to a huge quantity of similar bronzes, which were made for a birthday event of the chien-lung emperor.That tells also the inscription.

Astonishing is the size,normally these bronzes are between 19 and 21 cm.

If you intend to sell this piece,as a collector of asian art I would appreciate to get an offer.


Subject:Re: Re: chinese bronze
Posted By: bekkers peter Fri, Apr 04, 2008
there was a mistake on the size of this piece it is only 22 centimeters in hight,sorry for that .do you know how much it is worth;thanks a lot peter

Subject:Re: chinese bronze
Posted By: Larry Sat, Apr 05, 2008
Authentic Qianlong piece. Also it is great to have the mandala still there as most pieces I have seen have that missing. Also it is good to see the engraving on the front. Also large in size. I suspect it should be worth 6-8 thousand British pounds. Take it to a proper auction house for valuation.

Subject:Re: chinese bronze
Posted By: Pierre Vanderweerden Sat, Apr 05, 2008
Hello Peter,

The text, to be read from left to right, says:
"Da Qing Qian Long Gang Yin Nien Zin Zao"

Translation:
"Made during the Gang Yin year of the great Qing Qianlong."

The Gang Yin year during the Qianlong's reign correspond to 1770 AD of our calender.

Quite a lot of those statues were produce during the Qianlong period, specially for his 60, 70 and 80th birthday.
As mentioned by Gert, they are normally smaller, around 20cm high.

The missing piece in the hands should be a bottle.

Hope this can help,
Best regards,
Pierre.

Subject:Re: Re: chinese bronze
Posted By: peter Mon, Apr 07, 2008
i would like to thank you all for the kind responce on this piece ,many thanks ;peter.

Subject:Re: Re: chinese bronze
Posted By: pierre vanderweerden Mon, Apr 07, 2008
sorry... the text...to read from right to left, not left to right as I previously mentioned by mistake:(

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