A LARGE WOOD SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA

YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-16TH CENTURY

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A LARGE WOOD SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA
YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-16TH CENTURY
Shown seated in padmasana with right arm raised, wearing a priest's robes secured by a ring tied to a cord at the left shoulder over a dhoti gathered above the waist by a knotted sash, the full face carved with serene expression below the hair which is dressed in curls surrounding the rounded usnisa, traces of pigment
43 in. (109.2 cm.) high

Provenance

In the United States since before 1960.

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Lot Essay

Very similar treatment of the face, hair, body and robes can be found on a smaller (25¼ in. high) wood figure of the seated Buddha illustrated by A. Priest, Chinese Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1944, pl. CX, cat. no. 63.

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