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Sri Lanka
Property of a French Collector
A Bronze Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
SRI LANKA, ANURADHAPURA PERIOD, 8TH/9TH CENTURY
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A Bronze Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura Period, 8th/9th Century
The broad-shouldered figure seated in vajraparyankasana with hands in vitarka and dhyana mudra, wearing a lightly incised sanghati over his left shoulder and down the back, his face flanked by pendulous lobes and crowned with coiled strands surmounted by a flame-shaped siraspata
4 1/8 in. (10.2 cm.) high
Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura Period, 8th/9th Century
The broad-shouldered figure seated in vajraparyankasana with hands in vitarka and dhyana mudra, wearing a lightly incised sanghati over his left shoulder and down the back, his face flanked by pendulous lobes and crowned with coiled strands surmounted by a flame-shaped siraspata
4 1/8 in. (10.2 cm.) high