A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Tibet, 15th c.
H. 12,7 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base cast with a minute vajra emblem to its front, his right hand lowered in the bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic garment showing a small section draped over his left shoulder in the shape of a swallows-tail, his cold-gilded face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, raised urna at his forehead, blue coloured curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus-bud, unsealed.
Old South German private collection, assembled before 1990 - Minor wear and traces of age