A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Tibet, ca. 17th c.
H, 31/39 cm
Standing in samabhanga with both hands placed in front of his chest in the dharmacakramudra, wearing diaphanous monastic robe showing a textile section draped over his left shoulder in the form of a swallow's tail, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, smiling lips, elongated earlobes and the curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha topped with a lotus bud, traces of cold-gilding, the reverse with a closed relic cavity.
German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Minor wear, traces of age