A gilt bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
A gilt bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni

NEPAL, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY

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A gilt bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
Nepal, circa 9th Century
Standing in tribhanga on a circular plinth, his right hand lowered in the varada mudra and incised with the dharmachakra, his left hand raised holding the edge of his robe, wearing a close-fitting cape-like sanghati draped over both shoulders and falling to a rippling hemline, his face with a peaceful expression with small bow-shaped mouth and delicately lidded downcast eyes beneath arched brows, his hair with tight curls and domed ushnisha surmounted by a bud-shaped cintamani, gilding rubbed overall
12.3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) high