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SOUTH INDIA, NAGAPATTINAM, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Buddha
South India, Nagapattinam, circa 12th century
Seated in dhyanasana and dhyanamudra on a double-lotus base with beaded rim, wearing a sanghati draped across his left shoulder, his face with acquiline nose and arched brows flanked by long pendulous lobes, the lower rim of the base inscribed on the reverse
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high
South India, Nagapattinam, circa 12th century
Seated in dhyanasana and dhyanamudra on a double-lotus base with beaded rim, wearing a sanghati draped across his left shoulder, his face with acquiline nose and arched brows flanked by long pendulous lobes, the lower rim of the base inscribed on the reverse
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. J.R. Belmont Collection, Basel, before 1964
R.H. Ellsworth Collection, New York
Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977
Private Collection, New Jersey, acquired from Christie's New York, 21 September 2007, lot 106
R.H. Ellsworth Collection, New York
Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977
Private Collection, New Jersey, acquired from Christie's New York, 21 September 2007, lot 106