Lot 170
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A large bronze figure of Buddha
A large bronze figure of Buddha

BURMA, PAGAN PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY

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A large bronze figure of Buddha
Burma, Pagan period, 12th Century
Finely cast standing on a circular plinth with his right arm angled in abhaya mudra and his left hand holding a tip of his robe, draped in a diaphanous sanghati falling in undulating folds at the base, his oval face with downcast eyes inlaid in silver, aquiline nose and pursed lips flanked by the long pendulous ear lobes, his hair arranged in tight curls rising to a faintly domed ushnisha and a bud finial, the patina of rich green overall
20 in. (50.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

An almost identical example is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory no. 1993.235.1), and a slightly larger example is illustrated in The Arts of South and Southeast Asia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, cat. no. 91, from the Irving Collection.