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Property from the Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth
A gilt copper figure of Buddha
NEPAL, 7TH/8TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt copper figure of Buddha
Nepal, 7th/8th century
Solidly cast seated in dhyanasana with hands in dharmachakra mudra, wearing a tightly fitted sanghati, the face surmounted by the ushnisha, the gilding rubbed to reveal a warm deep copper tone
3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) high
Nepal, 7th/8th century
Solidly cast seated in dhyanasana with hands in dharmachakra mudra, wearing a tightly fitted sanghati, the face surmounted by the ushnisha, the gilding rubbed to reveal a warm deep copper tone
3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977
Literature
B. Rowland, The Evolution of the Buddha Image, 1963, fig. 20.
U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, fig. 74E, p. 304.
U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, fig. 74E, p. 304.
Exhibited
New York, The Asia Society, The Evolution of the Buddha Image, 1963, cat. no. 20.
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