A KASHMIR BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA

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A KASHMIR BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA
11TH CENTURY

Standing in slight tribhanga on a lotus, placed on a square pedestal, the front molded with addorsed lions flanking a seated figure, his right hand in vitarkamudra and holding the akshamala, the left stretched downwards and holding the kundika, wearing pleated dhoti, mala and many other bodhisattva ornaments, his face with almond shaped eyes, elongated earlobes with ear rings, stupa in front of his elaborate hairdress, a double flaming aureol behind--9¾in. (25cm.) high