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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT KIPNISS
A Bronze Figure of Maitreya
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY
Details
A Bronze Figure of Maitreya
Northeastern India, Pala Period, 11th Century
Very finely cast seated in rajalilasana over a double-lotus cushion and beaded base, flanked by lotuses at his shoulders bearing his waterpot attribute, his eyes and urna inlaid in silver and hair piled in a braided chignon bearing a stupa; inscribed on reverse above beaded rim
4 1/16 in. (10.4 cm.) high
Northeastern India, Pala Period, 11th Century
Very finely cast seated in rajalilasana over a double-lotus cushion and beaded base, flanked by lotuses at his shoulders bearing his waterpot attribute, his eyes and urna inlaid in silver and hair piled in a braided chignon bearing a stupa; inscribed on reverse above beaded rim
4 1/16 in. (10.4 cm.) high
Provenance
David Nalin Collecion, previously sold at Sotheby's New York, 28 October 1991, lot 130.
Literature
J. Casey, Medieval Sculpture from Eastern India, Selections from the Nalin Collection, 1985, cat. no. 39, p. 69.