A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF THE CROWNED BUDDHA

Description:

Tibet, possibly 15th c.
H. 10,7 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with his right hand lowered in bhumisparhsamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing diaphanous monastic garment, its border incised with a design of leaves, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised urna, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, blue-coloured curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and secured with a three-leaf tiara decorated with ribbons, sealed, the reverse of lotus-base red-lacquered.
Old European private collection, assembled before 1995 - Minor wear