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16. ORMOLU SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA STATUETTE
Tibet, circa 15th / 1…
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16. ORMOLU SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA STATUETTE
Tibet, circa 15th / 1…
See original version (French)
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
16. ORMOLU SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA STATUETTE
Tibet, circa 15th / 16th century
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
Tibet, ca. 15th/16th century
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 20701
Seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, with his right hand in bhumisparsa mudra, the earth-touching gesture, and his left hand held over the lap in dhyana mudra, wearing a diaphanous sanghati tied over the left shoulder leaving his right shoulder bare, delicately detailed with floral hems and falling in folds between the legs, the noble face with a serene, contemplative expression with downcast eyes below gracefully arched eyebrows and bow-shaped mouth, his tightly coiled hair pigmented blue, the domed usnisha surmounted by a bud-shaped cintamani, the base gilt and incised with a double-vajra.
20 cm (7 7/8 in.) high
Provenance:
A German family collection formed in the early decades of the 20th century and thence in the family by descent.
西藏 約十五/十六世紀 鎏金銅釋迦牟尼佛坐像
來源
德國家族收藏，於二十世紀初建藏，此後家族傳承
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