A PHYLLITE STONE STELE DEPICTING BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

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North-East India, Pala period, c. 10th/ 11th c.
H. 39,5 cm
Sculpted in high relief with Buddha Shakyamuni seated in vajrasana on a lotus base placed on a throne set to the front with the wheel of the Buddhist Law flanked by a pair of deer, his hands in dharmacakramudra, wearing diaphanous monastic garment including a mantle covering both shoulders, his hairdo continuing into the ushnisha, a head-halo behind engraved with the Buddhist Creed inscription, the throne flanked by a pair of vyalakas and its horizontal upper beam supporting a pair of stupas.
Collection Dr. Rainer Kreissl (1924 - 2005) - Important Southern German private collection, collected before 1990 - Partly chipped, filled losses with lacquer

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