SUI/TANG DYNASTY (581-907)

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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED BUDDHA
SUI/TANG DYNASTY (581-907)
The figure is seated with legs crossed under a voluminous robe draped over the left shoulder. The right hand raised in abhayamudra, symbol of offering and holding the end of a scarf in the left hand resting on the corresponding knee.The figure is supported on an integral lotus flower base and surrounded by a petal-shaped body aureole, and further detailed with a circular head aureole.
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high

Provenance

J.T. Tai (1911-1992), sold at Sotheby's New York, 22 March 2011, lot 276

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Lot Essay

Compare to two similar figures from the same period, one illustrated by Jin Shen in Haiwai ji Gangtai cang lidai foxiang: zhenpin jinian tujian (Catalogue of Treasures of Buddhist Sculptures in Overseas Collections Including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Shanxi, 2007, p. 430, the other from a private Japanese collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 14 September 2017, lot 804 (fig. 1).

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