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BURMA, MANDALAY PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
BURMA, MANDALAY PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Cast, seated in vajrasana on pedestal, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, his left resting on his lap, wearing a monastic robe, his eyes inlaid with mother-of-pearl, his lips with traces of red pigment, the hair worked in tight curls surmounted by the ushnisha, on wooden stand
14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) high, on wooden stand
BURMA, MANDALAY PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Cast, seated in vajrasana on pedestal, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, his left resting on his lap, wearing a monastic robe, his eyes inlaid with mother-of-pearl, his lips with traces of red pigment, the hair worked in tight curls surmounted by the ushnisha, on wooden stand
14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) high, on wooden stand
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 16-17 February 1981, lot 597.
Special notice
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