A FINE AND RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, 18th c.
H. 16,3 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with both hands in the dharmacakramudra, wearing a monastic garment including a patchwork mantle incised with various floral musters, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, urna, elongated earlobes and the blue coloured curled hair and ushnisha topped with a lotus-bud.
Old South German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Very minor traces of age and wear, unsealed