A Bronze figure of a Bodhisattva

INDONESIA, EASTERN JAVA, NGANJUK, LAST QUARTER 10TH/FIRST HALF 11TH CENTURY

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A Bronze figure of a Bodhisattva
Indonesia, Eastern Java, Nganjuk, last quarter 10th/first half 11th Century
Very finely and expressively cast seated on a double-lotus base supporting a vajra on the raised middle finger of his right hand, the lowered left hand holding the stem of a lotus, the details exquisitely rendered
3½ in. (8.8 cm.) high

Exhibited

On loan to the Toledo Art Museum, 1994-2006

Lot Essay

The Nganjuk bronzes are predominately of two sizes, this being the smaller averaging 9.1 cm; for a related example and a further discussion of this group, see M. Lerner and S. Kossak, The Lotus Transcendent, 1991, p. 198-201, fig. 158a.

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