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Kashmir and Himalayas Property of the Dunn Collection
A Bronze Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
KASHMIR OR WESTERN TIBET, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
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A Bronze Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
Kashmir or Western Tibet, 11th/12th Century
Seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with his hands in dharmachakra mudra, wearing a fitted sanghati incised with petal motif borders with sleeve flaring at the left side, his face in a serene expression with silver-inlaid eyes beneath sloping brows and copper-inlaid lips flanked by pendulous pierced ears, his hair arranged in beaded curls rising to a domed ushnisha
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
Kashmir or Western Tibet, 11th/12th Century
Seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with his hands in dharmachakra mudra, wearing a fitted sanghati incised with petal motif borders with sleeve flaring at the left side, his face in a serene expression with silver-inlaid eyes beneath sloping brows and copper-inlaid lips flanked by pendulous pierced ears, his hair arranged in beaded curls rising to a domed ushnisha
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high