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18TH CENTURY
Details
A sino-tibetan copper-gilt repousse figure of Buddha
18th century
Seated in vajraparyankasana on a double-lotus base with beaded rim, his hands in bhumisparsamudra wearing voluminous monks robes laid around the waist in fan pleats, the rounded face with downcast eyes, acquiline nose and a bow-shaped mouth, flanked by long pendulous lobes, his hair arranged in tight curls rising to a domed ushnisha, the lotus-base on top incised with a Tibetan inscription: Dzibaka, a further Tibetan inscription to the lower rim of the base: Tsho byed, followed by a Chinese inscription: Jiuming fo and a Mongolian inscription (right): Erken, a further Chinese inscription in the centre of the base: Da Qing Qianlong nian jingzao (Made with respect during the Qianlong period), the base open, the eyes, lips and hair with traces of cult paint
31 cm. high
18th century
Seated in vajraparyankasana on a double-lotus base with beaded rim, his hands in bhumisparsamudra wearing voluminous monks robes laid around the waist in fan pleats, the rounded face with downcast eyes, acquiline nose and a bow-shaped mouth, flanked by long pendulous lobes, his hair arranged in tight curls rising to a domed ushnisha, the lotus-base on top incised with a Tibetan inscription: Dzibaka, a further Tibetan inscription to the lower rim of the base: Tsho byed, followed by a Chinese inscription: Jiuming fo and a Mongolian inscription (right): Erken, a further Chinese inscription in the centre of the base: Da Qing Qianlong nian jingzao (Made with respect during the Qianlong period), the base open, the eyes, lips and hair with traces of cult paint
31 cm. high
Provenance
From an old European collection
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