Rare Bronze "the Bodhidharma" Early 18th Century Chinese Standing Wrapped In His Monk's Habit

A rare and beautiful statuette on the outline of the ears, in Chinese bronze from the beginning of the 18th century, in the image of a Bodhidharma, of a density (8kg) and a rare patina, the remarkable chiseling for this expressive ancient piece of this Chinese monk, the very detailed expressive face, center of all attention with a ritus, the raised lower lip, doubtful (he has a bad temper), his beautiful beard and curly hair around the ears, thick bushy curls... Placed proudly on its base in rolled carpet on the sides and riveted to the subject. The toga, a long monastic robe falling in harmonious folds of a beautiful pleat giving majesty and movement to this antique piece All in elegance, the joined hands hidden in its wide sleeves 'Bodhidharma" originally a Persian Buddhist monk, originally from India is the legendary founder in China of the Chan School, a contemplative movement, which became the Zen School in Japan... As in the West. The Chan School claims to go back to the Buddha, Bodhidharma is considered its 28th Patriarch and its first Chinese Patriarch