A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Tibet, 16th cent.
H. 11,3 cm
Thinly cast, seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap supporting the alms-bowl, wearing a monastic garment including a patchwork mantle, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyebrows below arched eyebrows that run into his nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, the curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus bud, unsealed and a Tibetan bronze figure of seated Buddha.
Old private collection Rhineland, mainly assembled in the 1970's and 80s - Minor wear, traces of age