A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Estimated Value:

2.000 € - 3.000 €

Schätzpreis:

5.000 €

Description:

China, late Ming dynasty
H. 36,8 cm
Seated in vajrasana on an oval plinth with both hands resting in dhyanamudra on his lap, wearing monastic garment including an underskirt secured around his middle with a ribbon knotted to the front and a mantle covering both shoulders, its border cast with a band of scrolling tendrils, his chest incised with the swastika-emblem, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, raised urna at his forehead, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, a curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha topped with a lotus bud and set with a ratna to its front.
From an old southern German private collection, supplemented by inheritance in the 1950s and acquisitions in the 1960s to the 1980s - Wear, base in the front area damaged. , minor repairs

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