A SILVER-INLAID COPPER FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Tibet, 15th c.
H. 15,7 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base set to the front with the vajra-emblem, his right hand lowered in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic garment including an underskirt secured around the middle and a mantle covering his left shoulder, its border incised with a floral muster, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised teardrop-shaped urna at his forehead, smiling lips, pierced elongated earlobes, the curled
hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus bud, re-sealed.
South German private collection, acquired on 4.5.1993 Drouot, Paris, Maitre Paul Renaud
Very minor traces of age, good condition