NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY

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A bronze figure of Buddha
Northeastern India, Pala period, 12th century
Seated in dhyanasana with hands in bhumisparshamudra on a double-lotus base with beaded rims, wearing a close-fitting sanghati, the face with silver eyes and urna, copper lips and an ushnisha topped by a hardstone
4½ in. (11.4 cm) high

Provenance

Private Collection, America, 1998

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Lot Essay

The following lots 85 and 86 clearly display the influence of Pala Indian style on later Himalayan sculpture, not least in the treatment of the double-lotus base with beaded rims. The Indian prototypes were typically of small and highly portable size, allowing for the transfer of actual sculptures all across the Himalayas and serving as models for regional adaptation and artistic evolution.

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