15TH CENTURY

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A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI
15TH CENTURY
The figure finely cast seated in vajrasana on a triangular double lotus base, with the right hand in bhumisparsa mudra, the left hand in dhyanamudra, wearing a simple patch-work robe draped over the left shoulder and falling in folds on the base, the face finely modelled with an urna between the eyes, downcast to provide a serene expression, the long pendulous ears cut with vertical slits, and the hair arranged in regular rows of tight 'snail curl' whorls surmounted by a domed usnisa
11 in. (28 cm.) high, box

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Lot Essay

The robe of the present figure, incised and rendered as squares, is known as a kasaya and traditionally made from patches of material joined together.

The drapery and style closely relates to a 15th century Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of the Tathagata Aksobhya seated in front of a vajra, included in the exhibition, On the Path to Enlightenment, The Berti Aschmann Foundation of Tibet Art at the Museum Rietberg Zurich, 1995, and illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 72, no. 30.

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