A STONE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
A STONE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA

NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 386-534)

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A STONE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 386-534)
Shakyamuni Buddha is shown seated in dhyanasana and wearing robes that fall in heavy folds down the front of the throne. His head is framed by a nimbus of concentric circles surrounded by flames carved on the flame-shaped aureole.
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1930.

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