A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

SWAT VALLEY, 7TH-8TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
SWAT VALLEY, 7TH-8TH CENTURY
Seated in dhyanasana on a waisted double-lotus base with the right hand extended in varadamudra and the left holding the hems of his sanghati, which fall over his chest in rhythmic folds, the face with almond-shaped eyes centered by a circular urna, the hair in tight curls over the ushnisha
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Bruce Miller, San Francisco, 9 June 1976.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

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