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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN ESTATE
A Brass Figure of Maitreya
KASHMIR, 8TH CENTURY
Details
A Brass Figure of Maitreya
Kashmir, 8th Century
Seated on a double-lotus base with his right hand lowered in varada mudra and holding the vessel containing the elixir of immortality in his left, wearing a necklace and locks of hair falling down to his shoulders, the face much worn with copper inlaid lips, casting flaws on the reverse filled with high-content copper plugs contemporary to the casting
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
Kashmir, 8th Century
Seated on a double-lotus base with his right hand lowered in varada mudra and holding the vessel containing the elixir of immortality in his left, wearing a necklace and locks of hair falling down to his shoulders, the face much worn with copper inlaid lips, casting flaws on the reverse filled with high-content copper plugs contemporary to the casting
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Prince and Princess Aschwin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, acquired in 1965