TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The figure is shown seated in virasana, with right hand in abhaya mudra, wearing robes draped in folds around the body and falling in deep folds across the edge of the pedestal base cast at the bottom with a row of lotus petals above the stepped, faceted sides. A small pierced tenon projects from the back, and two from the bottom of the base.
2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.) high overall, Japanese wood box, wood stand

Provenance

Mayuyama, Tokyo, Japan.
Senshutey, Tokyo, Japan, May 1998.

Exhibited

Senshutey, Tokyo, Japan, The Collection of Chinese Art: Special Exhibition 'Run Through 10 years', 2006, p. 23, no. 18.

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar gilt-bronze figure illustrated by S. Matsubara, Chuugoku Bukkyo Chokokushi Ron (The Path of Chinese Buddhist Sculpture), vol. III, Tang, Five Dynasties and Taoist Sculpture, Tokyo, 1995, pl. 643 (b), which has a mandorla, and is raised on a separate base.

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