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NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY
Details
A silver- and copper-inlaid bronze figure of a bodhisattva
Northeastern India, Pala period, 11th century
Seated with his right knee up on a lotus base with offset petals and holding a lotus stem in the left hand, wearing a striped dhoti with a stippling pattern and roundels inlaid with silver and copper, the face with silver-inlaid eyes flanked by hoop earrings and surmounted by a tiara, the base sealed
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
Northeastern India, Pala period, 11th century
Seated with his right knee up on a lotus base with offset petals and holding a lotus stem in the left hand, wearing a striped dhoti with a stippling pattern and roundels inlaid with silver and copper, the face with silver-inlaid eyes flanked by hoop earrings and surmounted by a tiara, the base sealed
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1975