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Vintage
Gilt Copper Bronze Buddha Nezha
Red Boy Bodhisattva Origin:
Chinese, Circa: early 1900s' H 10"
(25cm.), W 7" (18cm.), D 6" (15cm.) Condition:
excellent!
Private Collection
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finely wrought gilded copper bronze Bodhisattva statue. The story goes that Red
Boy was born as a lump of meat, which was cut open with a sword by his father,
and from which the child emerged wearing red silk trousers which glowed with light
and a magic golden bracelet on his right wrist. He was an incarnation of Ling
Chu-Tzu, “the Intelligent Pearl” and when he was seven years old he was already
six feet tall. He performed many miraculous deeds and defeated the dragon king’s
son, for which he was shamed by his father. Red Boy responded by cutting the flesh
from his body in remorse until he was reduced to nothing. Seeing the suffering
of Red Boy, Guanyin appeared and covered his remains with lotus leaves, which
revived him and reconstituted his body. From that moment he became a dharmapala,
a fierce protector of the faith.
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