Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue

20TH CENTURY A.D.

8 1/4 in. (1.1 kg, 21 cm).

Seated cross-legged in virasana on a lotus flower dais, right hand in bhumisparsha mudra, the left resting on his lap with bumpa vessel, wearing a samghati adorned with floral hem, his face with with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, aquiline nose, with gentle smile, elongated earlobes, the hair in tight curls surmounted by a flame and with an elaborate diadem.

Provenance

London, UK, art market, 1990-2000.
Ex London, UK, collection of Oriental art.

CONDITION

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