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MONGOLIA, ZANABAZAR SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Buddha
Mongolia, Zanabazar School, 18th century
Finely cast seated in dhyanasana on a round lotus base, holding an alms bowl and wearing a sanghati with incised floral borders falling in elegant pleats at his ankles and over his left shoulder, his face with a benign expression and the tightly coiled hair rising over the ushnisha and topped by a finial
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Mongolia, Zanabazar School, 18th century
Finely cast seated in dhyanasana on a round lotus base, holding an alms bowl and wearing a sanghati with incised floral borders falling in elegant pleats at his ankles and over his left shoulder, his face with a benign expression and the tightly coiled hair rising over the ushnisha and topped by a finial
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s