A FINE SILVER INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Estimated Value:

8.000 € - 12.000 €

Schätzpreis:

14.000 €

Description:

Tibet, 15th c.
H. 22,5 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand lowered in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing diaphanous monastic garment covering his left shoulder, its border with a partly silver inlaid raised ribbed band, his face displaying a serene expression with silver inlaid downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, raised urna at his forehead, smiling lips, pierced elongated earlobes, the curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus bud, re-sealed.
Old German private collection, collected between 1960 and 1995 - Traces of age, very slightly chipped

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