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Tibet
Property from an Asian Collection
A Bronze Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Details
A Bronze Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 13th/14th Century
Finely modeled seated in dhyanasana with his hands in bhumisparsa mudra, wearing a diaphanous robe covering his left shoulder, gathered in neat folds at the shoulder and ankles, the face with a benign expression with silver inlaid eyes and copper inlaid lips, with a fine lustrous patina overall
10½ in. (26.6 cm.)
Tibet, 13th/14th Century
Finely modeled seated in dhyanasana with his hands in bhumisparsa mudra, wearing a diaphanous robe covering his left shoulder, gathered in neat folds at the shoulder and ankles, the face with a benign expression with silver inlaid eyes and copper inlaid lips, with a fine lustrous patina overall
10½ in. (26.6 cm.)
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York
Literature
S. and J. Huntington, Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th-12th centuries) and Its International Legacy, 1990, cat. no. 145, p. 381.