A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Tibet, 18th c.
H. 20,3 cm (o.S.)
Seated in vajrasana on a shaped plinth, his right hand lowered in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic garment, including a mantle falling in pleats around his body, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, pierced elongated earlobes, the curled hair continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus-bud.
Old southern German private collection, assembled before 1990
Published in the German magazine ‘Das Haus’, January 1981 - Minor wear, the stand with small drilled holes for the wooden stand