Lot Essay
The modeling of the body and limbs is of exceptional fluidity and sensitivity, representing a masterpiece of Malla period sculpture infused by Pala style. Compare a gilt copper figure of Maitreya from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection, now at the Metropolitan Museum, where the influence of late Pala style is similarly evident in the languid fluidity and curvilinear treatment of the sashes, see M. Lerner and S. Kossak, The Lotus Transcendent, 1991, cat. 117.