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Lot 159

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Estimated Value:

1.200 € - 1.800 €

Schätzpreis:

1.200 €

Description:

Tibet, 18th c.
H. 13,8 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with both hands resting in dhyanamudra on his lap, wearing monastic garment including an underskirt secured around the middle with a belt and a mantle covering both shoulders, his cold-gilded face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, painted facial details, elongated earlobes and the blue coloured hairdo continuing into the ushnisha topped with a lotus bud, sealed.
From the estate of the collection of Prof. Dr. med., Dr. phil. Hermann Schroeder (1902-1991) and his family - Minor wear, small break in the crook of the arm