Lot Essay
For a related example of smaller size, see P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey, Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, cat. no. 151.
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SRI LANKA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A gilt bronze figure of Buddha
Sri Lanka, 17th/18th Century
Standing on a square plinth with his right hand raised in abhaya mudra and his left arm extended alongside his body, wearing a sanghati draped over his left shoulder and finely pleated in undulating folds, his rounded face with powerfully modeled features, downcast eyes and the urna incised as a spiral, with long pierced earlobes and tightly curled hair surmounted by a flame-shaped rasmi-finial
14.1/8 in. (36 cm.) high
Sri Lanka, 17th/18th Century
Standing on a square plinth with his right hand raised in abhaya mudra and his left arm extended alongside his body, wearing a sanghati draped over his left shoulder and finely pleated in undulating folds, his rounded face with powerfully modeled features, downcast eyes and the urna incised as a spiral, with long pierced earlobes and tightly curled hair surmounted by a flame-shaped rasmi-finial
14.1/8 in. (36 cm.) high