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SOUTH INDIA, NAGAPATTINAM, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
Details
A Bronze Figure of Buddha
South India, Nagapattinam, circa 12th century
Seated in dhyanasana and dhyana mudra on a double-lotus base with beaded rim, wearing a sanghati draped across his left shoulder, his face with acquiline nose and arched brows flanked by long pendulous lobes, the lower rim of the base inscribed on the reverse
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high
South India, Nagapattinam, circa 12th century
Seated in dhyanasana and dhyana mudra on a double-lotus base with beaded rim, wearing a sanghati draped across his left shoulder, his face with acquiline nose and arched brows flanked by long pendulous lobes, the lower rim of the base inscribed on the reverse
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. J.R. Belmont Collection, Basel, before 1964
R.H. Ellsworth Collection
Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977
R.H. Ellsworth Collection
Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977