A SMALL GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF BUDDHA

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF BUDDHA
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The figure of Buddha wears full, layered robes that drape below the neck, and is shown standing with right hand held in abhayamudra and left in varadamudra on a circular lotus base on which sits a small lion, its head turned to the side and its right forepaw raised.
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1930.

Lot Essay

The robes worn by this figure are unusual, not only in the way in which they drape in a curve below the neck but also in the way in which they completely obscure the body. Compare the gilt-bronze figure of Buddha standing with hands in the same mudras and wearing a similar robe which, however, clings slightly to the body, formerly in the George Eumorfopoulos Collection, illustrated in Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Overseas Collections, vol. 5, Beijing, 2005, pl. 890.

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