A LATE CENTRAL JAVANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI, seated in vajrasana, his right hand in varadamudra, his left resting on his lap, wearing diaphanous cloak, leaving his right shoulder bare, his face with downcast expression, urna, aquiline nose, smiling lips, elongated earlobes and a curled hairdress and usnisha, the last surmounted by a lotus-bud, halo behind his head, early 10th Century, 6.5 cm high, (base missing); AND A LATE CENTRAL JAVANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF VASUDHARA, seated in vajrasana, her right hand in varadamudra, her left holding the ear-of-rice, shaped backslab, 10th Century, 10 cm high, mounted (damages) (2)

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A LATE CENTRAL JAVANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI, seated in vajrasana, his right hand in varadamudra, his left resting on his lap, wearing diaphanous cloak, leaving his right shoulder bare, his face with downcast expression, urna, aquiline nose, smiling lips, elongated earlobes and a curled hairdress and usnisha, the last surmounted by a lotus-bud, halo behind his head, early 10th Century, 6.5 cm high, (base missing); AND A LATE CENTRAL JAVANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF VASUDHARA, seated in vajrasana, her right hand in varadamudra, her left holding the ear-of-rice, shaped backslab, 10th Century, 10 cm high, mounted (damages) (2)

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