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NEPAL, THAKURI PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY OR LATER
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A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
NEPAL, THAKURI PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY OR LATER
Seated in dhyanasana on a low cushion with his hands held in bhumisparshamudra, clad in a diaphanous sanghati draped over the left shoulder, the face with heavy-lidded eyes, the hair in tight curls over the ushnisha, the base of the cushion sealed and incised with a double-vajra
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
NEPAL, THAKURI PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY OR LATER
Seated in dhyanasana on a low cushion with his hands held in bhumisparshamudra, clad in a diaphanous sanghati draped over the left shoulder, the face with heavy-lidded eyes, the hair in tight curls over the ushnisha, the base of the cushion sealed and incised with a double-vajra
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 18 December 1981, lot 177.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
Literature
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, 1997, pp. 118 and 298, cat. no. 143.
Exhibited
The Art Institute of Chicago, “A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection,” 2 August-26 October 1997, cat. no. 143.
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