A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

China, 15th/ 16th c.
H. 27,8 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 a monastic garment including an underskirt and a patchwork mantle draped over both shoulders incised with a floral muster design, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, the blue coloured curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus bud
Old German private collection - Minor wear and traces of age