Lot Essay
Compare with another example at the British Museum, see U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, fig. 76A.
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NEPAL, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt copper figure of the Teaching Buddha
Nepal, circa 15th Century
Very finely cast seated in dharmachakra mudra, wearing a long flowing robe draped in concentric folds from both shoulders, his face with a benign expression with aquiline nose and arched brows, backed by a flaming nimbus with beaded rim
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high
Nepal, circa 15th Century
Very finely cast seated in dharmachakra mudra, wearing a long flowing robe draped in concentric folds from both shoulders, his face with a benign expression with aquiline nose and arched brows, backed by a flaming nimbus with beaded rim
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977