A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA

NEPAL, 15TH CENTURY

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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
NEPAL, 15TH CENTURY
Seated in dhyanasana on a round cushion with hands in bhumisparshamudra, wearing thick silk robes with incised borders, the face with finely cast features and urna cast as if a whorl of hair, the ushnisha surmounted by a knop
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired by 4 March 1973
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24032

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