A PARCEL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, 18th c.
H. 10,4 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with both hands in the dharmacakramudra, wearing monastic garment including underskirt secured with a belt and a mantle covering his left shoulder, its border incised with a scrolling design, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, his blue coloured curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a ratna, traces of cold-gilding, unsealed.
From an old European private collection, acquired prior to 2000 - Minor wear