LATER BRONZES
A WELL-CAST GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA ON A LOTUS BASE
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A WELL-CAST GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA ON A LOTUS BASE
16TH/17TH CENTURY
Shown seated in maharajalilasana and holding a stem in his right hand, his skirt and layered robes with foliate borders, the face crisply cast with contemplative expression, with a small beard and long hair falling in curls on his shoulders, the fillet encircling his bald pate centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha, the pedestal base formed as a lotus throne raised on a stem issuing from the center of a mound encircled by an octagonal balustrade raised on a bracketed foot rim, some losses
15 7/8in. (40.3cm.) high
16TH/17TH CENTURY
Shown seated in maharajalilasana and holding a stem in his right hand, his skirt and layered robes with foliate borders, the face crisply cast with contemplative expression, with a small beard and long hair falling in curls on his shoulders, the fillet encircling his bald pate centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha, the pedestal base formed as a lotus throne raised on a stem issuing from the center of a mound encircled by an octagonal balustrade raised on a bracketed foot rim, some losses
15 7/8in. (40.3cm.) high