A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Tibet, 14th cent.
H. 10,3 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand lowered in the bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing diaphanous monastic garment showing a small section draped over his left shoulder in the shape of a swallow’s tail, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, elongated earlobes, his curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus bud, sealed.
Old Southern German private collection - Minor wear and traces of age