Lot Essay
The outline and facial features are exeptionally well modelled and executed.
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14TH CENTURY
Details
A chinese gilt lacquered bronze figure of Buddha
14th century
The deity seated in dhyanasana with his right hand in karanamudra, the left hand resting on his feet holding an alms bowl, wearing an intricately executed robe with incised floral borders, the robe gathered in cascading folds at the shoulders and at the ankles, the rounded face with downcast eyes, bow-shaped mouth flanked by long pendulous lobes, his hair arranged in tight curls rising to a domed ushnisha topped by a finial, all over traces of a brownish gilt-lacquer, the lips painted red
47.5 cm. high
14th century
The deity seated in dhyanasana with his right hand in karanamudra, the left hand resting on his feet holding an alms bowl, wearing an intricately executed robe with incised floral borders, the robe gathered in cascading folds at the shoulders and at the ankles, the rounded face with downcast eyes, bow-shaped mouth flanked by long pendulous lobes, his hair arranged in tight curls rising to a domed ushnisha topped by a finial, all over traces of a brownish gilt-lacquer, the lips painted red
47.5 cm. high
Provenance
From an old european collection
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